"GSHC wants to put the spotlight on refugees to show that they exist in Geneva"

On 15 November, the Geneva-Servette Hockey Club won 6 - 2 against HC Biel. The focus of this extraordinary match was on supporting refugees.
In Switzerland

Millions of displaced people are facing cold every winter

Wherever they are, people forced to flee face an extremely difficult winter season ahead, including displaced Syrians and Iraqis throughout the Middle East, conflict-affected and displaced Afghans; and those forced to flee the war in Ukraine.
Emergency

Hauser & Wirth to launch ‘’Art for Better’’, an online auction in support of UNHCR

Prestigious contemporary and modern art gallery Hauser & Wirth is launching an online auction to help raise funds for both UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency operations and for the organization’s humanitarian interventions in the world’s most forgotten situations.
In Switzerland

Underfunded crises: 12 countries in desperate need of support (3/3)

In this final article of a series of three, the countries we will have a closer look at are South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen. Being severely underfunded, they have raised UNHCR’s concerns.
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"Seuls en exil": the story of three unaccompanied refugee minors

On the occasion of the book's official release, we met Kalonji to find out more about the creative process and the importance of dealing with this theme.
In Switzerland

Underfunded crises: 12 countries in desperate need of support  (2/3)

In this article, the second of a series of three, the countries we get to have a closer look at are Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Underfunded crises: 12 countries in desperate need of support

Throughout a series of three articles, we will have a closer look at the countries UNHCR is most concerned about, given their severe underfunding, starting with the situations in Bangladesh, Chad, Colombia and The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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A hopeful future for young refugees

After being forced to flee, education becomes difficult to access for many refugee children. 
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Echos from the field

They were once refugees

People forced to flee have always contributed to their host communities and sometimes even to the world. We look back on some famous refugees who have shaped history or are major figures in the world today.
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