Human Stories

Since the late 1970s, in successive waves of displacement, over a million Rohingya have fled violence and discrimination in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. The latest outbreak of violence in August 2017 drove thousands to cross over each day to seek safety in neighbouring Bangladesh. Today, there are over 860,000 Rohingya […]

Peer-to-peer mental health initiative helps young refugees learn to cope with a life in exile in Bangladesh.

Merhamna Taala belongs to the Sama Bajau tribe, one of the populations identified to be at risk of statelessness. A pre-school teacher and community volunteer, she helps her fellow Sama Bajaus access government services and is at the forefront of COVID-19 awareness and response.

She was 11 before she saw the inside of a classroom, so Parisa was not about to stop learning even under lockdown.

With country reeling from Beirut explosion, COVID-19 and financial crisis, UNHCR Head calls on global community to support Lebanon and its large refugee population.

Three years after she fled to Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee Nur Ayna shares her memories of Myanmar, experiences in exile, and hopes for the future.

This World Humanitarian Day, UNHCR Philippines honors the real-life heroes among our staff who have committed their lives to protecting people forced to flee and ensuring that vulnerable populations are not forgotten, nor left behind in the continuing fight against the coronavirus pandemic.   Record numbers in global forced displacement […]

Yemen hasn’t seen peace in 5 years, and over 24 million people are in need of urgent aid. Behind these statistics are people going through immense suffering. See the Yemen crisis through the eyes of three women.

Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, Ro Yassin tells UNHCR what it’s like to live in lockdown in a crowded camp.

Every year on June 20th, UNHCR commemorates WORLD REFUGEE DAY honouring the resilience and courage of millions of people who have been forced to flee war, persecution and violence. In 2020, we marked World Refugee Day against a backdrop of record displacement figures and dramatic social change. The entire world […]