Telling the Real Story

Maymun and Mahamed's fled the civil war in Somalia with their families when they were children and found refuge in Ethiopia. They were the first in their families to receive a university education.

UNHCR promotes family reunification to protect and preserve the unity of this fundamental unit of society, to restore basic dignity to a refugee’s life, and especially to provide protection for children under the tutelage of parents or other related adults

We are grateful to our refugee volunteers who play a critical role in helping refugees and delivering essential, even life-saving information, to refugees in their communities.

Teklebrhan Tefamariam Tekle escaped Eritrea twice. Today, at 27, he lives in relative comfort, adjusting to a new life in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping.