News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Refugee call centre fills gap amid Lebanon’s coronavirus shutdown
With most face-to-face humanitarian programmes now on hold, Lebanon’s largest call centre offers vital support to struggling refugees during COVID-19 lockdown.
Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus.
Drawing on Ebola lessons to protect Tanzania camps from coronavirus
Public health officer Miata Tubee Johnson brings her experience tackling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania.
Refugees offer medical experience to help tackle coronavirus crisis in France
Many refugees in Europe involved in medicine in their home countries are finding new ways to use their skills to help tackle the coronavirus crisis.
The Council of Europe and UNHCR support Member States in bringing refugee health workers into the COVID-19 response
As many European countries continue to struggle with the unprecedent COVID-19 crisis, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today encourage States to benefit from the support refugee health professionals can provide to national health systems at this critical juncture.
Coronavirus – Now is not the time to forget Afghanistan and its neighbours
UNHCR urges greater support to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that not doing so will have a negative impact on global efforts to fight the virus.
Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 humanitarian organizations
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
These are some of the ways that UNHCR staff, people forced to flee and supporters are taking action to stay smart, stay safe and stay kind amidst COVID-19.
Refugee nurse on the front line against coronavirus in Iran
After earning a nursing degree on a UNHCR scholarship, Iraqi nurse Moheyman is working tirelessly to assist Iranians and fellow refugees in current COVID-19 crisis.
UNHCR warns chronic lack of resources contributing to new crisis in Burkina Faso
UNHCR has warned more lives are at a risk in Burkina Faso’s Centre Nord and Sahel regions where hundreds of thousands of displaced people
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