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Syria: Thousands fleeing for their lives

Turkey's incursion in North East Syria is already triggering new displacements at a moment when we were just starting to see some people begin to recover from last year’s emergency and rebuild their lives. As many as 300,000 people could reportedly be displaced by a full-blown military escalation.

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70.8 million displaced people

19.06.2019 |

Here are the crises that forced the most people to flee in 2018

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Fleeing for their lives in Central America

Butting their heads against walls – visible and invisible.
Migration from Central America to the United States is nothing new. But some of the reasons why people are leaving their homes are relatively new. More and more people are fleeing to find protection. It’s a matter of life and death.

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The world’s most neglected displacement crises

Every year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. This is the list for 2018.

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The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 30 countries, where we help save lives and rebuild futures.

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Longreads

Currently, Suleiman works together with other fishermen to provide a living for his family. But it is not easy to find enough work. He has a wife, 7 children and 1 grandchild. He works for a daily fee between 3000 to 5000 Yemeni Riyals, and he needs many things for his family to live as he and his family left everything behind when they fled.

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Yemen

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Europe

Hour of reckoning for European refugee policy

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A sixteen-year-old’s flight from IS-group to Norway

Sami's class mates and NRC staff at the summer school in Tripoli.
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Sami has found his happy place

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How NRC makes a difference

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Opinions

Students waving in a renovated classroom at Ahmadlou School in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan|Iran|USA | 08. Oct 2019

In Trump-Iran showdown, Afghan refugees are neglected but devastating collateral damage

Cameroon | 02. Jul 2019

Africa’s next full-blown war can still be averted

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Counter-terrorism and humanitarian action: the perils of zero tolerance

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