The Minnesota-based company Epimona, which was founded by a former refugee, turns material from life jackets worn by refugees into accessories and other clothing items.
Myanmar’s junta is planning 15 new villages with 750 plots of farmable land in Rakhine state as part of a pilot program that would see 1,500 ethnic Rohingyas repatriated from refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh next month.
The lack of food and shelter has caused internally displaced people in Ethiopia’s Afar region to leave their camps. The United Nations is requesting more foreign aid and has issued a warning that returning home would not be any better
Reporter Nawroz Rasho describes life in a Syrian camp where she has lived for four years after fleeing bombardment in her hometown
Kenya was hailed last year for implementing a law that improved access to education and work for the country’s half-million refugees ahead of plans to close refugee camps by the end of June. While some refugees in Kenya benefit from the law, others suffer obstacles such as job discrimination and inadequate educational funding
Despite the fact that the crisis in Syria is subsiding, Syrians are still fleeing to Europe to escape a failing economy. The majority have been detained and deported, and are now stranded in Lebanon
In the Middle East, displaced families and their host communities were already dealing with the economic crisis and the devastating effects of COVID. According to the UN refugee agency, winter storms have only worsened the situation and aggravated suffering (UNHCR)
As the weather gets colder, the devastating effects of the economic crisis and COVID-19 leave Lebanese and Syrian families trying to stay warm and avoid famine.The economic crisis in Lebanon, which has pushed almost all of the country’s refugee population into abject poverty, promises to make this year even more difficult
Some Afghan refugees in Turkey are turning to shepherding as a source of income
Thousands of people who fled to Uganda have decided to return, despite sporadic violence in parts of eastern DR Congo. Others have chosen to stay because they are uncertain about the future.Armed groups and the Congolese armed forces clashed in early November, prompting asylum seekers to escape to Uganda