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Meet the Syrian couple bringing joy to displaced children during Ramadan

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“We offer many activities like choir, chess, karate, table tennis, storytelling and children’s face painting. These things make children feel happy,”

Ukraine

Organisation helps children cope with horror of wa

In a quiet street of the Ukrainian capital, children try to forget the rumours of war. Every Saturday, group sessions are organised by the Voices of Children NGO.

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DR Congo volunteers try to help displaced children

Some 237,000 people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo since March, says the United Nations, since clashes broke out in March. Some 60% are children.

Ukraine

Residents flee area near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

As shelling continues near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, some people have been forced to flee from the surrounding area.

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'Left behind': How war is hitting the disabled in Ukraine

“Unfortunately, as horrible as it might sound, people with disabilities are often an afterthought in these kinds of situations. They are a marginalised group, even when there is no war going on."

Ukraine

Back on track: Ukraine uses sleeper trains to rehouse war-hit locals

Dubbed the "Iron City", the former sleeper train is composed of five wagons, which can accommodate up to 25 families

Ukraine

'It looked like hell': Mariupol escapees describe scenes of horror

Ukrainians who managed to flee the besieged port city tell Euronews of the scenes of relentless bombing and unfathomable destruction they witnessed.

Ukraine

Displaced Ukrainian families seek calm after fleeing conflict zones

Children of families who fled Ukraine's conflict zones are given counselling and art lessons in one town near the Hungarian border.

Ukraine

Two million could be displaced amid renewed conflict in Ukraine - NGO

An active resumption of the conflict could, according to the NGO, undo the "significant progress" of recent years in the living conditions of people in eastern Ukraine.

Syria

Aid needed for displaced Syrians in northwest this winter, UN says

“It’s a real disaster zone,” said Mark Cutts, the UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis of the camps in the northwest.

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Millions driven from homes in 2020 despite COVID crisis, says UN

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, said conflict and the impact of climate change were among the leading sources of new movements of refugees and internally displaced people in 2020.

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Europe's weather 'forced a record number from their homes in 2020'

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said flooding had triggered a record 120,000 displacements, while 5 major storms displaced 6,200 people across nine countries, “double the annual average for the last decade".

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Deadly flooding hits Indonesia's Sumatra island

Flash floods hit the Indonesian city of Medan on Sumatra island.