News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico calls for urgent regional responsibility sharing
Central America and Mexico are facing unprecedented pressure as the number of people seeking international protection rises.
Why donate to UNHCR? The Impact of Giving to the UN Refugee Agency
Why donate to UNHCR? Learn about how donations enable forcibly displaced families to receive a range of support.
Refugee athletes blaze a trail for disability inclusion through sport
UNHCR disability inclusion specialist explains how the agency’s support for the Refugee Paralympic Team fits into its wider work on behalf of refugees with disabilities.
‘After the airlift’. News Comment attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
The evacuation from Kabul is coming to an end. A larger crisis is just beginning. We must meet the critical humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.
The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today.
‘All over the province, people want to buy our rice’
A group of refugee women are growing rice on a large scale, becoming the largest rice producers in Angola’s Lunda Norte province.
UNHCR receives largest private sector contribution for Afghanistan crisis in 2021
The LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of the LEGO Group, contribute 30 million DKK (US$4.7 million) to support UNHCR in Afghanistan.
Grandi calls for peace in Ethiopia, stresses ‘there is no military solution’
High Commissioner for Refugees visits eastern Sudan to bring focus to the situation of nearly 48,000 Ethiopians who have fled Tigray.
UNHCR’s Grandi urges greater support for Sudan and South Sudan
With nearly 7 million Sudanese and South Sudanese displaced within and outside their countries, finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for their future.
“I hope the focus on Afghanistan will continue. UNHCR is here for the long run.”
UNHCR’s Representative in Afghanistan, Caroline Van Buren, describes the current situation in the country and how our staff and partners are helping displaced people.
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