Visibility is inclusion: World Refugee Day 2023

To celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20, Switzerland for UNHCR, UNHCR’s national partner in Switzerland, invited members of the refugee and host community to participate in an Inside Out activity.
In Switzerland

108.5 million people displaced in 2022

On June 14th, UNHCR released the 2022 Global Trends Report, a landmark publication summarizing the situation of forced displacement throughout the world.
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UNHCR and UNIQLO third edition of the Youth with Refugees Art Contest

On World Refugee Day, June 20th UNHCR is launching its third edition of the Youth with Refugees Art Contest in collaboration with UNIQLO, encouraging young people across the world to use their creativity in support of people forced to flee.
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The right to live in peace: advocating for LGBTIQ+ rights in Colombia

A trans woman, María Victoria has faced discrimination throughout her life and decided to make advocating for displaced LGBTIQ+ people -a particularly vulnerable population- her life-mission.
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Sudan : up to 860'000 could be forced to flee in the coming months

As the country experienced a full month of brutal fighting throughout its territory, the human toll of the conflict is tragically increasing. Facing such an uncertain situation, more and more people have no other choice than to flee to safety.
Emergency

Basketball for refugees: a transformational workshop

This Wednesday, a group of young refugees and professional basketball players got together at the House of Basketball, the headquarters of the International Basketball Federation for a transformational workshop.
In Switzerland

UNHCR’s Innovation Funds: Solving real-life challenges with Innovative solutions

On the occasion of World Creativity and Innovation day, we have interviewed Hovig Etyemezian, Head of Innovation at UNHCR. He shared with us about their Innovation funds and how they help solve real-life challenges in the field.
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Sudan: a wind of uncertainty for millions of displaced people

UNHCR is closely monitoring how the situation on the ground is evolving, with movements of people into Chad and out of Khartoum already having been observed.
Emergency

“I realise more and more that the common ground of all crises is human suffering”

Hussien Ahmad has been working for 7 years with UNHCR, after joining in his home country Syria. In this interview, he reflects on his work as a humanitarian.
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