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For these scouts, "camping" means coming home
29 Sep 2015 Resettled to the United States, a group of Myanmar refugee boys joined the Scout movement, expanded their horizons, and recently returned to visit their relatives in a camp in Thailand. -
Talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour slain father who set up Picasso art school
27 Jul 2015 In June 2009, gunmen shot dead his father, co-founder of the Picasso art school in Mogadishu. -
Refugee student's hard work pays off with scholarship to study in USA
7 Jul 2015 A young Congolese refugee in Zimbabwe achieves his dream of going to university with a scholarship awarded by the US government. -
Refugees from Bhutan help Nepalese rise from the ruins
11 Jun 2015 Refugees from Bhutan are mobilizing their skills and funds to help Nepalese earthquake survivors to rebuild their lives. -
UNHCR flies in shelter materials for quake-displaced in Nepal
7 May 2015 UNHCR airlifts 8,500 plastic sheets and 1,500 solar-powered lamps to Kathmandu. Further aid flights are planned, bringing shelter supplies for an additional 54,000 displaced people. -
UNHCR rushes plastic sheeting and solar-powered lamps to Nepal earthquake survivors
27 Apr 2015 UNHCR starts sending 11,000 plastic sheets and 4,000 solar-powered lanterns to the eastern hilly districts of Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga and Sindhuli. -
Franco-German project brings directors, artists, photographers and writers to refugee camps
24 Sep 2014 Under the project, French director Régis Wargnier followed the daily life of refugees originating from Bhutan in the Beldangi camp in eastern Nepal. -
UNHCR calls on the Americas to keep children on the run safe from violence
12 Mar 2014 UNHCR's "Children on the Run" report also urges governments to take action to keep children safe from rights abuses, violence and crime, and to ensure their access to asylum. -
US wraps up group resettlement for Myanmar refugees in Thailand
29 Jan 2014 More than 70,000 Myanmar refugees have been resettled from Thailand's camps to the United States as one of the world's largest resettlement programmes comes to an end.