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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. -
Mexico appoints child protection officers to help young migrants
27 Mar 2008 Mexico appoints 68 child protection officers to help address the needs of unaccompanied young migrants arriving in Mexico. -
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. -
Q&A: Shading tree education gave Lost Boy start in life
19 Oct 2007 John Dau is one of the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan. Dau, who spent years on the run and in refugee camps, was resettled in the United States in 2001. He tells how access to education transformed his life as a refugee. -
Clinton Global Initiative hails ninemillion campaign as a good cause
1 Oct 2007 Former United States President Bill Clinton has called for renewed action to help millions of vulnerable children obtain an education. At the annual summit of his Global Initiative last week, Clinton urged people to support UNHCR's ninemillion campaign which seeks to ensure education for all refugee children by 2010.