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          A refugee wrapped in a blanket walks in front of an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 20, 2016. Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo

          Child refugees in Serbia: ‘They are adult without having lived the youth’

          WorldDecember 29, 2016
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          A camp for displaced people in Bama, a town in Nigeria’s Borno state that was razed by Boko Haram militants. The camp houses a little over 10,000 townspeople who either escaped or survived the seven months under Boko Haram rule. Stefan Heunis / AFP / December 8, 2016

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          Newly sworn-in Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at UN Headquarters, Drew Angerer / Getty Images

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          Azzam Restaurant on Sonnenallee, dubbed 'Arab Street', in Berlin. David Crossland for The National

          Arab Street in Berlin brings nostalgia for Syrian refugees

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          The daily drudgery of water collection at Rukban. AP Photo.

          Syria: The millions displaced and the impact on neighbouring countries

          December 08, 2016
          Community leaders distribute paltry food and aid supplies at the Rukban refugee camp. AP Photo.

          Death’s waiting room: the ghost refugees trapped at the Syrian-Jordanian border

          December 08, 2016
          Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (centre front) with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (behind) review the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore on November 30, 2016. Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on November 30 to work for "peace and national reconciliation" amid mounting international condemnation of a bloody army crackdown on her country's Muslim Rohingya minority. Roslan Rahman / AFP

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          AsiaNovember 30, 2016
          The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has praised the UAE for vowing to take in Syrian refugees. AFP

          UN refugee chief applauds UAE over plan to take in 15,000 Syrians

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          UAE to donate Dh55m to support education in Gaza

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          French CRS riot police walk past debris from makeshift shelters on October 28, 2016, as they patrol during the dismantlement of the camp called the "Jungle" in Calais, France. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters

          France and Britain feud over young Jungle camp migrants

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          Refugees wait out their applications for EU asylum, piecing together a basic existence in the warehouse of the Softex toilet roll factory, Thessaloniki. Photo Gabriele François Casini / Save the Children.

          Life in the shadows: meet the refugees stranded in Greece’s notorious Softex camp

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          From left, researcher Lara Khalaf with filmmakers Nancy Aridi, Bader Askar, Carmen Molaeb, Wael Aridi, Christina Saad and Ayat Kara Ali. Photos courtesy Diaa Malaeb

          Touching films by young Syrian refugees shown at The Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival

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