UNHCR Canada shows solidarity with LGBTQ refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Canada, is calling for support for LGBTQ refugees forced to flee because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The launch of Pride Month in Toronto marks the kick-off of festivities scheduled throughout this summer...
LGBTQ2 refugee activist spreads message of tolerance and equality
By Biko Beauttah, as told to Fiona Irvine-Goulet Biko Beauttah arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2006 as an asylum seeker. Beauttah is transgender, and in her native Kenya, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning...
Poorer countries host most of the forcibly displaced – report
According to a new UNHCR study, most of the 3.2 million who were driven from their homes in the first half of 2016 found shelter in low or middle income countries. GENEVA – Conflict, persecution and violence newly uprooted at least 3.2 million people in the first half...