News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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European States urged to do more to protect and support child refugees and migrants
European countries must step up their efforts to protect child refugees and migrants who have endured not only dangerous but desperate journeys.
Watershed moment as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness
In a historic moment in the global fight against statelessness, more than 85 organizations have pledged hundreds of new commitments to end statelessness.
Conflict, violence in Burkina Faso displaces nearly half a million people
UNHCR is joining its partners to warn about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso.
Second life-saving evacuation of vulnerable refugees from Libya lands in Rwanda
At around 11:20pm last night, a group of some 123 vulnerable refugees arrived at Kigali International Airport, the second evacuation flight to Rwanda from Libya.
Citizenship hopes become reality for Iraq’s Bidoon minority
UNHCR-funded initiative has secured nationality for hundreds of formerly stateless families in Iraq, giving them access to basic rights and services.
Afghan entrepreneur helps refugees and Iranians alike
After her husband died, Afghan refugee and entrepreneur Zeynab Shaban set up a business making hospital gowns that helps refugee and Iranian employees.
“People really do care” — Vancouverite raises more than $3,000 for UNHCR in Ride for Refuge
Francis Fulton is among many Canadians who stood in solidarity with refugees by raising money and participating in Ride for Refuge.
Hundreds of thousands in harm’s way in northern Syria
The escalation of conflict in northern Syria risks causing more human suffering and adding new displacement to what is already the largest displacement.
Persecuted and uprooted, a young Yemeni finds safe haven in Canada
Mohammed, a young Yemeni, arrived in Québec through Roxham Road searching for safety as he fled the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
UNHCR aids thousands of Congolese refugees returning home from Angola
Thousands of Congolese refugees are returning from Angola to the Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting amongst armed.
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