Stories

From afar, the trees almost look as if they were decorated with oversized Christmas ornaments. But a closer look reveals a more sobering reality: plastic bags swept up by the wind and caught in their branches.

Since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan in 2023, the hostilities have pushed over a million displaced people – including Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees – into neighbouring Chad.

‘When I compare her to other children her age, I feel very emotional. I cannot help it.’ Naima is sitting in a quiet room, hidden from the baking midday sun and away from the clamour of hundreds of other mothers and their children. A wide-eyed baby sits in her lap.

In the sprawling refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, families who have endured years of displacement and hardship now face an even more uncertain future with dwindling resources.

Haiti is struggling with an unprecedented level of violence. Armed groups control more than 85% of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, and are expanding their presence in the Artibonite and Centre departments, increasing catastrophic levels of humanitarian needs.

At a time of extraordinary need, with fragile infrastructure still reeling from the 2023 earthquakes and displaced people considering returning home after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the NGO GOAL provides essential humanitarian support.

Since 1948, UNRWA has operated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT), Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, providing registered Palestinian refugees with education, healthcare, social services, infrastructure and camp improvements, microfinance, and emergency assistance.

A small bakery in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine continues to bake fresh bread amid shelling and power cuts to keep its community strong – thanks to the EU’s support

The conflict in Western Sahara – once a Spanish colony – has resulted in 5 decades of displacement for the Sahrawi people, with an estimated number of about 173,000 refugees living in 5 isolated camps near Tindouf, in western Algeria.

When Dr Bassil Al Eleh heard the sound of bombing on the morning of 7 October 2023, he couldn’t have predicted the scale of devastation that would unfold over the coming months. The northern Gaza Strip, where he lived, soon became a focal point of relentless attacks.

This is the story of Happy and Goodness. When Happy was abducted from her village in northern Nigeria in May 2024, Goodness was not yet born.

Since 2016, Burkina Faso has been engulfed in an unprecedented security crisis, triggering a devastating humanitarian situation. Once known for its rich cultural heritage and resilient communities, the country is now at the epicentre of a multifaceted crisis.

2 years into Sudan’s brutal war, 15 million people - 1 in 3 Sudanese - are displaced, including nearly 4 million who fled to neighbouring countries.

Since the Sudan conflict began in April 2023, millions have faced immense hardship. Through EU-funded IRC programmes, Dr. Mogahed Ilkeet, delivers life-saving care at the Tunaydbah camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border.

Shocked and hungry, families fled to Armenia with whatever they could carry, marking the near-total depopulation of Karabakh's Armenians. As refugees, they now make up 4% of Armenia's population. This conflict left thousands needing shelter, food, health, and psychosocial support.

Across East Africa, millions of displaced people are navigating the hardships of conflict and displacement with resilience and hope. The EU is supporting people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda with life-saving cash and nutrition assistance.

Conflict and climate change have pushed millions of people in South Sudan to the brink of starvation.

Since 2023, a consortium of 6 international humanitarian organisations has been carrying out a comprehensive cash distribution programme to empower individuals and families in several regions in Ethiopia, based on an assessment of the most acute needs.

Displacement is not just migrating from one place to another. You also leave your identity and the characteristics that make you who you are behind you. While facing many challenges during the route, you must rebuild your life and yourself in the place you came to.