African refugees' success stories
Former refugees returned to the Kenyan camp of Kakuma to tell those still living there how they coped with hardship and made a success of their lives.
Kenya
Kitchen gardens provide sustenance for refugees in Kenya
Refugees in northwestern Kenya have found a way to create income by selling produce from their own patches of land. The plots are allotted as part of a social and economic development project funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.
Today's news
The German chancellor has rejected a refugee limit for Germany. Bangladesh is becoming one of the largest countries of origin for migrants to Italy. And in Kenya, war refugees are practicing to become athlete champions. This and more in today's news roundup.
In Kenya, war refugees become track and field champions
The Kenyan middle-distance runner Tegla Loroupe, a five-time gold medal winner at the IAAF World Half Marathon, has opened a track and field centre at the Ngong refugee camp in Kenya, for those who are fleeing war.
Tuesday refugee news roundup
The Italian Coast Guard and NGO crews have rescued thousands of refugees from the Mediterranean over the weekend. Australia wants to put an end to its visa program for skilled workers and the South Sudan crisis has resulted in an emergency in Kenya's Kakuma camp. Read more in today's news roundup.
Manuela - fleeing South Sudan
Manuela is on the run. She left the war and famine of her native South Sudan behind. However, a heavy drought is also threatening the existence of many people in her new Northern Kenyan refuge.
Monday refugee news roundup
Refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya are struggling to get food and water. The Italian coast guard alongside NGOs managed to save 3,000 migrants in the Mediterranean this weekend and InfoMigrants gives you a look into the world's biggest refugee camps. All this and more in today's roundup
A look at the world's largest refugee camps
In 2017, multiple conflicts around the world have driven people to take shelter in refugee camps. What are the biggest and most prominent refugee camps, and what are the conditions like?
On the Kenya-Sudan border, refugees and locals vie for limited resources
Kakuma was once a sleepy, remote region of Kenya. Now it is home to the country's second-largest refugee camp. There appears to be no end in sight to the stream of people escaping war-torn South Sudan.
Global platform reconnects refugees around the world with their families
Conflict, scarcity of natural resources and poverty force millions of people to leave their countries and seek a better life elsewhere. Many of them are separated from their loved ones in the process, but an organization is helping them reconnect with their families.
Thursday refugee news roundup
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the federal government to have a larger say in deportations. Former People smuggler Iluminada Panabe speaks about her old profession and a Saudi princess speaks in favor of US President Donald Trump's travel bans on citizens from six Muslim countries. This and more in today's news roundup.