They once stood as children whose lives were shaped by displacement.
Today, they stand together at the highest level of the game.
UNHCR’s Gamechanging Team ahead of the 2026 #FIFAWorldCup shows what’s possible when children forced to flee are given safety and opportunity.
*This video was made using AI to help visualize childhood and present-day versions of the player.
It is always powerful to see what emerges when talent meets opportunity.
Ahead of the 2026 #FIFAWorldCup, UNHCR’s Gamechanging Team highlights players whose childhoods were shaped by displacement.
I am inspired by the courage and determination in these stories.
On International Nurses Day, DAFI Scholar Mais is inviting you along on her journey to become a nurse.
Behind every future nurse is a student who was given a chance.
Education is a human right. Help refugee students access it.
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Home is not something people walk away from lightly.
When people become refugees, it's because they had no other choice.
Because staying is no longer safe.
Show your solidarity with those forced to leave everything behind.
Great to see President @EmmanuelMacron today at @Elysee. We discussed key humanitarian crises and efforts to advance solutions for those forced to flee. Grateful for France’s longstanding leadership in supporting refugees and for its strong partnership with UNHCR.
The #NansenAward recognizes people and organizations going above and beyond for refugees, internally displaced and stateless people.
We’re looking for the next winner.
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It’s been over 3 years since the war in Sudan started.
This is Guisma’s story from fleeing her home to finding safety in Chad.
As a refugee, she has been busy rebuilding her life, combining determination and compassion to make a difference for her family and community.
Humanitarians and the life-saving aid they distribute are not a target.
A UNHCR truck carrying emergency shelter kits was hit by a drone in North Darfur, Sudan. It was on its way to Tawila, where hundreds of thousands of people have fled for safety.
The driver survived. The supplies did not.
More than 1,300 families are now left without the shelter they urgently needed.
Attacks like this are unacceptable. They put lives at risk and deepen an already devastating crisis.
Civilians must be protected. Humanitarian workers must be protected.
We had brilliant exchanges with the Japanese government on strengthening support for people forced to flee!
Japan’s leadership continues to make a vital difference! Our shared focus on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus is more important than ever.
Arigatō MOFA and JICA
75 years on, the 1951 Refugee Convention still stands strong: protection, responsibility, humanity.
But today’s realities demand solidarity in action and real pathways to protection and solutions.
High Commissioner @BarhamSalih made the case from the @AntalyaDF.
We owe it to the next generation to listen and to act.
Young people are already leading. Now we must match their urgency.
In Türkiye, High Commissioner @BarhamSalih shared the stage with Georgina Magesa, a young climate advocate from Tanzania.
The Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal have become an unmarked graveyard for at least more than 5000 desperate Rohingya refugees over a decade. In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in southeast Asian waters, making it the deadliest year on record.
There is no such thing as “just” another year of war.
Every life lost, every family forced to flee, leaves a mark.
Sudan cannot become a crisis that the world learns to ignore.
Don’t stay silent about the war in Sudan.
Three years on, over 12 million people have been forced to flee, and the numbers keep rising.
But this isn’t about numbers. It’s about the people of Sudan.
Show them they’re not forgotten.
Just arrived in Beirut after last week’s devastating strikes. Over 1 million people displaced in this small country. I am here in solidarity —and to urgently push for protection of civilians and an end to this spiraling conflict.
Three years after the conflict began in Sudan, refugees are still crossing into Chad every day.
Moving families to safer settlements away from the border is a priority, but it depends on resources.
Here’s a look at the first steps of that journey.
Three years of war in Sudan.
One of the world’s largest crises.
Lives lost. Millions displaced. Horrible human rights violations. A vicious cycle of violence.
Yet, the world keeps looking away.
The people of Sudan cannot be forgotten.