A tough road north for Central American children

Fleeing gang violence in El Salvador and Honduras, children risk abuse, smugglers and drug cartels in a desperate trek in search of safety.

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UNHCR chief calls for urgent action to protect refugee children

Filippo Grandi opens two-day dialogue on protection challenges with a call to safeguard children on the move and find solutions for them.

Childhood stolen by street gangs

Sexual violence, beatings and forced recruitment by gangs drive thousands of Salvadoran, Honduran and Guatemalan youngsters to run for their lives.

UNHCR moves 1,100 out of tents, beating first snows of winter

Agency has arranged 19,500 places in apartments, hotels and with host families throughout Greece for relocation candidates and vulnerable asylum-seekers

Libyans twice uprooted by war call for urgent help

Driven from their homes by fighting in 2011 and then again this year, displaced Sirte residents face dire need even as their city is recaptured from militants.