refugees
![Members of the Refugees Welcome platform. Photo: Refugees Welcome International (Facebook)](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/refugees_welcome.jpg?itok=dwcTWLaH)
On Sunday 12th November, 27 representatives from 14 countries gathered to address the challenges faced by countries in the refugees networks.
![Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Photo: European Comission DG, Flickr](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/17476796150_10fa79c238_z_0.jpg?itok=KhftgCXG)
The NGO supports Caritas Bangladesh's emergency plan with an injection that will help 70,000 displaced people.
![A global day of secret Gigs. Source: Amnesty International](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/giveahome.jpg?itok=tZ0WSr_O)
Musicians, refugees and communities are coming together to recognise the things that unite them.
![Mikel Ayestaran workin in Sana'a (Yemen) - Image: Mikel Ayestaran](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/yemen_-_sanaa_2011_0.jpg?itok=2aRA8cVj)
The journalist helps us to discover and understand Middle East, a region that is often talked about, but which is largely unknown to many.
![Displaced looking for hope. Photo: CEAR](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cear2.jpg?itok=m63P_1Y2)
The fifteenth annual report "Refugees in Spain and Europe" calls for a Government Pact for the right to asylum.
![Kitchen from a restaurant. Photo: Pixabay](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/kitchen.jpg?itok=q_qCGt_j)
They also help unemployed teenagers get a job.
Many of us, volunteers, have travelled to refugee camps, some of us more than once, but yet they still need more hands. How is this possible?
![Refugees using different tech devices. Photo: Techfugees](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/techfugees2.png?itok=_17MS_6i)
Smartphones and technology have changed how people respond to large humanitarian crisis. The aim of the project is giving response to the needs of refugees.
![South Sudan civilian working. Photo: Flickr](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/captura_5.jpg?itok=QcL7_Ndt)
The international organisation has blamed the government of the country for the looting perpetrated against the civilian population in the Upper Nile region in the first half of 2017.
![Pascale Coissard, the spokesperson of the Catalan Refugee Aid Commission - Photo: CCAR](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/captura_4.jpg?itok=6XaE__Fr)
The spokesperson of the Catalan Refugee Aid Commission, Pascale Coissard, tells us about the situation experienced by many refugees and the task carried out by her organisation to defend their rights.
![Refugees sinking in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Vimeo](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/vimeo.jpg?itok=FxjnmtbQ)
The petition was launched in 2016 and for the World Refugee Day 2017 it has already reached more than 1.5 million pledges.
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Commonly, misunderstandings start when it comes to defining what a refugee is. Taking into account the definitions made by the UN Refugee Agency, here we try to clarify the different concepts.