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Two refugees, generations apart, tell their story in new UNICEF film

A powerful new UNICEF film presenting the parallel stories of a young Syrian refugee and a World War II child refugee was released as a stark illustration of the challenges that refugee children continue to face on Feb 03.

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Deadliest winter for refugee and migrant children crossing the Central Mediterranean, says UNICEF

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A boy who is an unaccompanied minor looks across the beach in Trabia, Italy, on May 14,...

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WFP Hands Over HF Radio Packs To Fiji National Disaster Management Office

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) officially handed over two high frequency (HF) radio packs to the Fiji Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management in Suva on 1 February 2017. The HF back packs will be used...

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WFP And Belgium Start Efforts To Deploy Drones In Humanitarian Emergencies

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The use of UAVs in humanitarian response has the potential to improve data collection and monitoring, helping to create faster...

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