Out but not down: Resilient refugees

Updated: Fri, 23 Jun 2017

Roses and childcare: refugee women prepare for tough UK world of work

Refugee women train as florists in a bid to overcome challenges on their way to meaningful employment

Sun powers clean water, business opportunities for refugees
Practical and affordable, solar energy is being deployed on a growing scale to provide essential services for refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East By Kizito Makoye | Fri, 23 Jun 2017
With old bicycles, refugees ride into new life in London
"I'll use this bike to go to college where I can learn English so I can move forward with my life" - Syrian refugee Khalib By Lin Taylor | Wed, 21 Jun 2017
LGBT asylum seekers face hurdles seeking "dream life" in Ireland
"Basically you know nothing" By Cormac O'Brien | Thu, 22 Jun 2017
Syrian refugee finds independence in Lebanon, hairdryer in hand
Aya counts herself lucky, having escaped the Syrian war and finding a new home and - eventually - informal work after beauty school training By Heba Kanso | Thu, 22 Jun 2017
UN glimpses blockchain future with eye scan payments for refugees
Thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan's Azraq camp don't pay for their food with cash but by a scan of their eyes By Umberto Bacchi | Wed, 21 Jun 2017
'Refugee city' Barcelona puts work for young migrants on the menu
"We can't change their lives ... but we work so that they take charge of their lives and see themselves as something other than victims" By Sophie Davies | Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Between shelling and displacement, Syrians seek degrees online
Hundreds of Syrian students are going to great lengths to keep up with their university studies and earn their degrees from online schools abroad By Sebastien Malo | Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Afghan women refugees resurrected as India plastic waste warriors
How to address India's chronic waste problem and empower refugee women who often flounder in their adopted homelands By Nita Bhalla | Fri, 23 Jun 2017
Amid housing crisis, Britons host homeless refugees in spare rooms
Tough asylum procedures, limited job opportunities and a shortage of homes in Britain have pushed thousands of refugees and asylum seekers into homelessness By Lin Taylor | Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Lawyer gives hope to Jordan's most war-scarred refugees
Jayne Fleming runs a mobile legal clinic offering free legal, psychological and social support to Jordan's most vulnerable refugees from Syria, Iraq and Sudan By Liz Mermin | Tue, 20 Jun 2017
After fleeing Tibet, refugees in India get passports, not property
"Will they always remain refugees, or should they be given some sort of permanent resident status, as they have been here for so long, and have little chance of being repatriated?" By Abhishek Madhukar and Rina Chandran | Wed, 21 Jun 2017