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UN ready to provide humanitarian assistance to Vinta-hit Mindanao
(UPDATED) Nearly 140,000 Vinta victims are expected to welcome the new year homeless
LOOK: A time to give hope as Marawi City gets back on its feet
UNHCR advocate Atom Araullo joins the UN Refugee Agency in a visit to a community that was affected by the Marawi crisis. Here are some photos from their humanitarian mission.
A Filipino humanitarian's #GiftofHope to the Rohingya, other refugees
'The good thing is Filipinos are resilient. We learn from every mistake, we convert threats to opportunities, and we are able to still give when we ourselves have outstanding needs. Those are our traits.'
#GiftofHope: Atom Araullo on why Filipinos should care about the Rohingya
'Just trust in our capacity to care. Ang mga Pilipino, malaki ang mga puso niyan. Puwede nating suportahan ang mga kababayan natin dito habang sinusuportahan ang mga mamamayang nakakaranas ng karahasan at pambubusabos,' says journalist and UNHCR advocate Atom Araullo
Rappler Talk: Atom Araullo shares #GiftofHope to Marawi, Rohingya evacuees
MovePH's Voltaire Tupaz speaks to multi-awarded journalist and UNHCR advocate Atom Araullo on Rappler Talk on Saturday, November 25, at 2 pm
UNHCR restores hope among Marawi victims amid ongoing conflict
According to government data there have been 78 466 families or 359 680 persons displaced as of August 18 due to the ongoing siege in Marawi City
When the Philippines opened its doors to Jewish refugees
We would not be alive today if not for the Philippines says Lotte Hershfield one of the thousand Jews who came to the country during World War II
Displaced people hits record high globally due to war, persecution – UN
UPDATED More than 65 6 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2016 according to a new report from the UN Refugee Agency
More solidarity with refugees needed as forced displacement rises
One person is displaced every 3 seconds By the time you finish reading this sentence someone will have been displaced
UN warns of massive displacement in Yemen
Between 100 000 and half a million people could be displaced as the conflict and humanitarian situation continue to worsen says Shabia Mantoo Yemen spokesperson for the UN refugee agency the UNHCR
WATCH: Refugees plead for resettlement, police get involved
Refugees who have been stuck in Indonesia for years waiting for resettlement protest in front of the UN Refugee Agency They ask not to be forgotten
UN to Aquino: Save desperate Syrian refugees
The UN s refugee agency asks Aquino: Can daang matuwid also be extended in offering solutions to victims of persecution outside of this country?
Mediterranean migrant crossings top 300,000 in 2015 – UN
The numbers tower high above arrivals in 2014 when some 219 000 made the crossing over the entire year
More migrants heading for EU as crisis deepens
At least 7 000 people mostly refugees from the brutal war in Syria have been registered so far in the last days in overwhelmed Serbia as Europe s worst refugee crisis in half a century rapidly worsens
IN PHOTOS: The life of White Russian refugees in PH
Rappler posts never before seen photos of the anti communist so called White Russian refugees the Philippines welcomed into Guiuan Eastern Samar in the 1950s
When 'home' is a refugee camp
What are the conditions in the refugee camps in Aceh now called home by thousands of boatpeople? What is next for them?
Gambia offers to resettle all Rohingya boatpeople
As human beings more so fellow Muslims it is a sacred duty to help alleviate the untold hardships and sufferings fellow human beings are confronted with
Violence, hunger imperil 2,000 trapped in boats off Myanmar
The UN refugee agency says at least 2 000 desperate migrants including women and children are at risk of violence and food shortages after more than 40 days trapped on boats off Myanmar
Almost 180 migrants rescued off Tunisia
The Red Crescent says the migrants 94 on one boat and 84 on the other sent out a distress call from off the coast of southeast Tunisia as they headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa
Long wait over, South Sudanese cross Sudan border point
Officials in White Nile state confirmed that 1 500 refugees from South Sudan were taken to Sudanese land through the border at Joda to escape fighting in their country
