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Thousands of refugee children in Bangladesh at risk of trafficking, exploitation and abuse

Thousands of children are at risk of being trafficked, sexually abused or exploited in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, international children’s charity World Vision warns today.

Myanmar crisis: Jerome Flynn joins us in condemning violence affecting thousands of children

Game of Thrones star Jerome Flynn has joined World Vision UK in strongly condemning the outbreak of horrific violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Over 1,000,000 South Sudanese refugees now in Uganda

Charity fears that South Sudanese refugee children who have fled to Uganda may return home to fight.
a UNHCR statement said. In

Dreaming of peace, reliving a nightmare - South Sudanese teenager remains a refugee

Maker and his family returned to at the same refugee camp in Kenya they departed from three years earlier. They were once again given a small mud brick hut and carved a life among the 160,000 people staying in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
in Kakuma. The organization partners with UNHCR and the World Food Programme to distribute

Uganda Solidarity Summit must prioritise South Sudanese child refugees

World Vision is urging the international community to do more to prevent a children’s humanitarian crisis by supporting Uganda as it responds to those fleeing fighting in South Sudan.

Staggering number of unaccompanied South Sudanese child refugees in Uganda

The number South Sudanese child refugees traveling alone to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Uganda has risen to alarming levels, World Vision has warned.
according to international refugee body UNHCR. World Vision is currently overseeing

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Drought and conflict in South Sudan fuelling the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis

International Children’s charity World Vision UK, is today warning of the soaring refugee crisis as drought and conflict in South Sudan force people to flee to neighbouring Uganda.
many of them women and children. The UNHCR estimates that this number will reach one

Truck with 3D image of child refugees brings stark reality of crisis to London

A truck bearing a 3D image of asylum-seeking children, will this morning (Monday 19 September 2016), drive across London to highlight the strife and challenges that child refugees are facing around the world.

Challenges for refugee mothers at Ugandan settlement

Kiden is a young refugee woman, currently expecting her seventh child. Early July 2016, she fled to Uganda with her family to seek refuge following the wave of conflict that destroyed their home in Juba. Life at a refugee settlement in Uganda hasn't been much better, and provides the family with new challenges to overcome.
poles and nails among the items from UNHCR.

World Vision calls for safe routes into the UK for Syrian refugees

World Vision is calling on the UK government to create a refugee 'crisis package' that would admit more Syrian refugees into the country at a key international summit in Geneva today.
in Geneva today. The UN refugee agency UNHCR is bringing together world leaders to

Conquering the cold

Last week World Vision's Kate took bloggers Rosie and Tanya out to Jordan to meet just a few of the 230,000 Syrian refugees living there who are in need of help to get through the winter. World Vision UK is asking supporters to go without their coats on the 10 February to raise money for Syrian refugee children.
a pipe dream as that long awaited call from UNHCR finally coming for resettlement. Just

Children’s lives at risk unless EU and member states act now

Hundreds of thousands more children could die unless EU countries offer better protection to refugees entering Europe, World Vision warns today. The global children's charity says urgent action is needed, as agencies meet in Italy to recommend concrete actions to help governments address the European refugee crisis.

As record numbers of refugees arrive in Europe, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis due to severe winter weather conditions

Ahead of EU Summit tomorrow in Malta, World Vision warns of escalating humanitarian crisis if no concrete result is delivered.

World Vision warns of worsening refugee crisis ahead of Burundi elections

World Vision has today called for more funding and international support for the refugee crisis in Tanzania ahead of the Burundi elections tomorrow.

Record-high displaced figures are "wake-up call" for world leaders

World Vision UK is today calling for increased support for child refugees, as new figures show over 29 million children have been displaced worldwide.

Seeing real change in Ethiopia

This February, World Vision Policy and Programmes Director David Westwood took a plane with Public Engagement Director Mathew Neville to visit just some of the people who have experienced the changes of sponsorship over the past few decades.
the UNHCR and Ethiopian government are coordinating … Meetings with both the government and UNHCR confirmed what we had seen

Aid agencies hail unprecedented UN vote as potential lifeline for Syrians

A UN Security Council resolution passed today, which directly authorizes the delivery of aid to Syrians across borders and conflict lines, is a diplomatic breakthrough that must translate into real change on the ground, according to a coalition of 34 non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

No Fairy Tale: Can the Children of Syria Ever Find a Happy Ending?

Lara Ghaoui from World Vision Lebanon has been present since the outbreak of fighting in Syria 3 years ago. She shares all that she's seen along the way and asks 'When will this end?'
as UNHCR

Public urged to voice their outrage and demand action to prevent a lost generation in Syria

Children cannot afford another year of bloodshed, suffering and missed education, warn aid agencies