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12 hours on board a packed train out of Ukraine
A photographer documents the journey from Lviv, in western Ukraine, onto Poland.
Alan Chin
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Biden said the US was committed to accepting more refugees. So where are they?
Officials at US refugee agencies told Insider rebuilding the resettlement program will not be easy,…
Charles Davis
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COVID-19 is hitting Rohingya Muslims in the world's biggest refugee camp, and humanitarian groups are fearing mass infection
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, is home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees — one of the …
Robert Leslie
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War in Ukraine by the numbers: Mass deaths, billions in aid, thousands of destroyed tanks, and more stats that paint an image of Russia's unprovoked invasion
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded, while Russia has lost…
Kelsey Vlamis,Erin Snodgrass,…
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How Moldova, with a population smaller than Los Angeles, is accepting more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country
Insider reports from the Eastern European nation of 3 million people that is now hosting nearly 100…
Charles R. Davis
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Ben Stiller met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv and told the actor-turned-politician 'you are my hero' after touring the war-ravaged country
Stiller is visiting Ukraine on a trip as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and talked to survivors in Irp…
Rebecca Cohen
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Ben Stiller met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv and told the actor-turned-politician 'you are my hero' after touring the war-ravaged country
Stiller is visiting Ukraine on a trip as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and talked to survivors in Irp…
Rebecca Cohen
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Angelina Jolie spotted greeting surprised fans at a coffee shop in Lviv, Ukraine, video shows
Angelina Jolie, who is UN Special Envoy for Refugees, is visiting war-torn Ukraine in a personal ca…
Joshua Zitser
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Russians are offering up equipment and heavy armored vehicles to Ukraine's surrender hotline, official says
Ukrainian soldiers are using military equipment handed over by Russian soldiers surrendering over a…
Mia Jankowicz
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The Russia-Ukraine war could spawn an 'overwhelming' refugee crisis of up to 4 million people, UN warns
The potential flood of refugees could be greater than the crisis caused by the ongoing Syrian Civil…
Jake Epstein
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I came to the US 10 years ago as a refugee. I went to college, got my citizenship and now I drive a long-haul truck.
Suud Olat came to the US in 2012 from a refugee camp in Kenya. After graduating from college and ru…
Bianca Giacobone
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Video shows Angelina Jolie running for cover as air-raid sirens suddenly blare during Ukraine visit
Angelina Jolie's visit to Lviv, Ukraine was interrupted when air-ride sirens began to sound. A vide…
Joshua Zitser
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UN tells UK to stop matching single Ukrainian women fleeing the invasion with single men, following reports of sexual exploitation
150,000 UK homes signed up to house Ukrainian refugees, but the scheme is beset with delays and rep…
Bill Bostock
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Taliban urges restraint in Ukraine, 6 months after it took over Afghanistan by force
The Taliban, which has a brutal history, expressed concern over the "real possibility of civilian c…
Mia Jankowicz
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Jordan is one of the first countries to start COVID-19 vaccinations for refugees
The country has procured three million doses of vaccines from Pfizer and Sinopharm and is prioritiz…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Erin Snodgra…
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Uniqlo to keep its stores in Russia open as dozens of other global chains pull out
"Clothing is a necessity of life. The people of Russia have the same right to live as we do," Tadas…
Mary Hanbury
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Ukraine's finance minister says the country's economy could shrink by half this year due to the war, a report says
Speaking in a televised interview first reported by Reuters on Saturday, Serhiy Marchenko said the …
Ryan Hogg
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Google donates additional $300K to support refugees, displaced people
San Francisco, June 21 (IANS) Google has announced an additional $300,000 grant to help the UN Refu…
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Michelin-star chef José Andrés is feeding Ukrainian refugees fleeing violence during Russia's invasion
Over 660,000 people have fled Ukraine during Russia's invasion. Chef José Andrés is on a mission to…
Talia Lakritz
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UN says the Ukrainian refugee crisis amid Russia's invasion has exceeded 'any worst-case scenario planning'
The UN said some 10 million Ukrainians have already been forced to leave their homes since Russia i…