GENEVA, Switzerland — Brazilian nun Sister Rosita Milesi on Wednesday won the United Nations refugee agency's Nansen Award for decades of work championing the rights of migrants and refugees.
Milesi, 79, has helped thousands of people to access legal documents, shelter, food, health care, language training and the labor market in Brazil over 40 years, the UNHCR said in a statement.
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