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Q&A: Rose Mapendo draws on her traumatic life to help others
23 Jan 2009 Rose Mapendo, an ethnic Tutsi from eastern Congo, suffered greatly before reaching the United States and devoting her life to helping others. -
More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal
23 Sep 2008 More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries so far this year. The United States has accepted the largest numbers. -
Q&A: Former Cambodian refugee chronicles Iraqi displacement
29 Aug 2008 A former refugee from Cambodia, Kalyanee Mam tells how she raises awareness of refugee issues through her work as a lawyer, photographer and documentary maker. -
Travelling exhibition on refugee children opens in Las Vegas
16 Jun 2008 A new travelling exhibition offering visitors a hands-on learning experience into the lives of young refugees and their families opens in a Las Vegas children's museum. -
Q&A: Former Lost Boy of Sudan returns home to build for the future
2 May 2008 Valentino Achak Deng was separated from his family as a child during Sudan's civil war. He discusses the hardships he faced as a refugee and in the United States and talks about his new challenges. -
Q&A: Pulitzer-winning professor charts slain UN envoy's life
18 Apr 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power discusses her second book, which charts the life and death of former UNHCR official Sergio Vieira de Mello. -
Kindness of strangers eases refugees' arrival in United States
18 Mar 2008 Religious groups in the state of New Jersey help ease the integration into US life of resettled refugees such as the Thang family from Myanmar. -
For Iraqi refugees, a sense of community in the American west
12 Dec 2007 Members of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community find safety and opportunities in southern California. -
UNHCR picks up Freedom Award for its global work
8 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency has received the International Rescue Committee's annual Freedom Award for its contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom.