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Bangladesh

Five key facts about the Rohingya refugee crisis

Learn about the largest stateless population in the world, and how UNHCR is helping them.

A UNHCR staff member speaks with Larysa outside her home in central Ukraine, where UNHCR supported repairs to improve living conditions for displaced families.
Ukraine

Four years of full-scale war in Ukraine

How Australian support is helping Ukrainians stay safe and warm through another winter at war

A Sudanese mother and child sit together, looking at the camera.
Sudan

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis: No one is spared

Your support can protect vulnerable lives in the world's largest displacement emergency

Inspiring Australians
Australia

Well-known Australian refugees who have made a difference

From the arts to sport, here’s how well-known Australians with refugee background have shaped society through resilience, talent and leadership.

The 2025 winners of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Awards attend the ceremony in Switzerland.
Worldwide

2025 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Awards: Celebrating humanitarian leadership

A Cameroonian village chief is among those honoured for outstanding courage and compassion for refugees.

Somali refugees in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya.
Worldwide

Displacement in film: how cinema explores refugee experiences

These films explore how the loss of home impacts people forced to flee, encouraging empathy and deeper understanding.

Refugee from Ukraine Yulia, 36, works as supervisor of the “multiplication center” for the Bulgarian company Nasekomo, to improve the industrial cultivation of black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens)
Worldwide

Meet five refugee women and girls in technology and science

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, read inspirational stories of displaced women and girls building careers across STEM fields.

Refugee student Tololinda attends class at a UNHCR-supported school in Kalobeyei settlement, Kenya.
Worldwide

The power of education: How UNHCR is helping refugee children build brighter futures

On International Day of Education, find out how learning creates opportunities for displaced children.

Arash, 7, is a student learning English at the Youth Centre in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
Australia

Our top 5 moments of 2025

We hope you enjoy these stories of creativity, resilience and achievement, celebrating the people and moments that inspired us this year.

Fundraising Commitment

Our fundraising impact

The majority of funds raised by Australia for UNHCR are directed to UNHCR’s emergency operations, providing the ready funds and resources to respond quickly and effectively in situations of crisis and disaster.

72%
Humanitarian programs
14%
Admin
14%
Fundraising
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