News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Hungry and shivering, Kabul displaced brace for bleak winter
In Kabul, nearly 50,000 Afghans displaced from other parts of the country by fighting are desperate to receive aid before winter sets in.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urges support for crisis-hit Lebanon
At the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, urged the international community to scale-up its support to the Lebanese people and the refugees they host. “I am visiting Lebanon during a very difficult moment,” Grandi said, “the Lebanese people and refugees are suffering as the political, economic and financial crisis is taking a toll on everyone.”
UNHCR calls on states to expedite family reunification procedures for Afghan refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging states to facilitate and expedite family reunification procedures for Afghans.
No safe place to go for asylum-seekers snared in Libya dragnet
Desperate refugees and asylum-seekers in Tripoli in urgent need of assistance and protection amid security sweeps.
Iranian father and son re-enact their story for Hungarian theatre goers
Iranian refugee Abouzar and his son, Armin, chose to stay in Hungary despite being detained at the border for 18 months.
World Food Day: Celebrating efforts to strengthen local food systems for displaced and host communities
This year, the World Food Day commemorations will be jointly led by the FAO, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP).
‘My dream has finally come true!’
Sudanese student Raba Hakim fulfils a lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a MasterCard Foundation scholarship.
UNHCR calls for equal access for refugees to quality mental healthcare
UNHCR is calling on the international community to boost mental health support for refugees, internally displaced and stateless people.
UNHCR appeals for end to arrests of asylum seekers in Libya, calls for urgent resumption of humanitarian flights
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly alarmed about the humanitarian situation for asylum seekers and refugees in Libya.
Ivorians return home ahead of their refugee status coming to an end
Repatriations are accelerating as UNHCR recommends an end to refugee status for Ivorians. The circumstances that led them to flee have ceased to exist.
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