News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Viral video captures emotional Syrian refugee family reunion at Winnipeg airport
Viral video captures the emotional Syrian refugee family reunion with a relative at Winnipeg airport, after three years of separation.
UNHCR calls for decisive action to end alarming conditions on Aegean islands
UNHCR is urging Greece to intensify efforts to address alarming overcrowding and precarious conditions on the five Greek Aegean islands
Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee
UNHCR is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where recent escalation of violence forced thousands to flee for their lives.
“The Cave” documents doctor’s heroic fight to save lives in Syria
Award-winning documentary “The Cave” follows a female-led team caring for patients in a subterranean hospital in Syria.
Hope and anxiety as Congolese refugees return home from Angola
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting thousands of displaced Congolese to return from exile as relative calm returns to their homeland.
More resettlement needed as only 4.5 per cent of global resettlement needs met in 2019
Out of 1.4 million refugees estimated to be in urgent need of resettlement worldwide, only 63,696 were resettled through UNHCR last year.
Syrian mother overcomes tragedy to get fresh start in UK
After losing her husband, brother and her father to the conflict in Syria, Asmaa began a law degree in Jordan before getting a chance at a new life in the UK.
UN refugee chief decries ‘unheard of violence’ in Burkina Faso, calls for urgent support
Burkina Faso is facing a staggering humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands of its citizens flee violence committed by armed extremists.
UNHCR stepping up response to escalating violence and displacement in the Sahel region
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, expressed his alarm about the rapidly deteriorating situation across the Sahel region
UN Refugee Agency welcomes Rema Jamous Imseis as its new Representative in Canada
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Canada is pleased to welcome Ms. Rema Jamous Imseis as its new Representative in Canada
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