insert_link World UNHCR Ipsos poll shows strong support for refugees Attitudes towards refugees are hardening in some Western countries, however, a survey on attitudes towards refugees across the Global North and South shows that three-quarters of adults continue to believe that those fleeing war or persecution should be able to seek safety in other countries. The findings of the survey conducted by Ipsos – one of the world's leading market research companies – are released just ahead of World Refugee […] todayJune 19, 2024 12
World Somali education champion wins UN refugee prize By Nina LARSON =(Video)= Geneva, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) - A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya was on Tuesday named the winner of the UN refugee agency's prestigious Nansen Award. Abdullahi Mire, 36, was hailed for championing the right to education by putting 100,000 books in the hands of children in Kenya's crowded Dadaab refugee camps. "A […] todayNovember 28, 2023 2
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
