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Refugee engineers help to build weatherproof shelters for fellow refugees in Sudan
Medhn and Azmera are using their skills to build homes that can withstand the extreme weather in eastern Sudan.
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Azmera (left) and Medhn supervize the construction of new tukuls (durable shelters) in Tunaydbah refugee camp, Sudan. They both worked in construction back home in Tigray, Ethiopia.
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UNHCR’s Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visits a Somali family who recently arrived at a temporary site near Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya.
© UNHCR/Samuel Otieno
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Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement
A new data visualization shows how the climate emergency is converging with other threats to drive new displacement and increase the vulnerability of those already forced to flee.
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A man walks through a flooded street in Tela, Honduras as Hurricane Eta approaches (3 November, 2020).
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