News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’
Stronger efforts are needed to resolve the plight of those who lack a nationality, urged UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today on the 8th anniversary of UNHCR’s global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness.
UNHCR calls on States to refrain from forced returns of Haitians
Amid a devastating humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti, UNHCR is today calling on States in the region and beyond to suspend the forced return of Haitians to their country.
UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner urges strong international support for Burundian refugees to return, rebuild their lives
During her first visit to Burundi, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements urged for increased international support to areas and communities where Burundian refugees are opting to return home.
UNHCR welcomes Canada’s continued leadership on refugee resettlement
Rema Jamous Imseis, UNHCR Representative in Canada, issues a statement in response to the immigration levels announcement by the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns
UNHCR is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced people and their hosts in the face of recent destructive flooding in Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon.
UNHCR congratulates the Olympic Refuge Foundation and the Refugee Olympic Team on 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today extended UNHCR’s heartfelt congratulations to the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) and the Refugee Olympic Team on receiving one of Spain’s most prestigious awards.
UNHCR’s Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa
As he concluded a five-day visit to Somalia and Kenya on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called on global leaders to spare no efforts in assisting countries in the Horn of Africa to break the cycle of conflict and climate crises.
UNHCR deplores continued deportation of Myanmar asylum-seekers from Malaysia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned over the continued deportation by Malaysia of asylum-seekers from Myanmar back to their country, placing lives at risk.
UNHCR’s unprecedented US$700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world.
Devastation in South Sudan following fourth year of historic floods
UNHCR is urging international support for humanitarian efforts in South Sudan in the face of record-breaking rains and floods for a fourth consecutive year, and the threat of worse to come as the climate crisis accelerates.
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