UNHCR welcomes Somalia’s ratification of the Kampala Convention
Somalia’s ratification of a key convention to protect internally displaced people in Africa is a landmark achievement for the country and the African continent, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today. The African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and...
Basque community opens its doors to welcome family from Syria
Spanish volunteers help a grieving refugee family start life anew in the Basque region. By Zahra Mackaoui in Bilbao, Spain When Begoña Herrero volunteered to help a refugee family settle in her hometown in northern Spain, she did not expect it would also change her...
‘This is Moises, live from Boa Vista’
Rarely seen without his toy camera and mic – tools of the trade he hopes to enter – 10-year-old Moisés interviews his fellow Venezuelans about their journeys to Brazil. By Roger Burks in Boa Vista, Brazil As far as TV equipment is concerned, Moisés’ homemade video...
Rohingya man’s mission to reunite parents with their lost children now a new film
Documentary by award-winning director follows a refugee dedicated to bringing shattered families back together in Bangladesh. By Matthew Saltmarsh As hundreds of thousands of Rohingya trekked to Bangladesh from Myanmar as refugees in late 2017, one man saw a need,...
Getting your life back in Mexico after fleeing gang violence
A rapidly increasing number of women, children and men from the North of Central America are finding in Mexico the opportunity to be safe and rebuild their life. Has Canada a role to play? By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative in Canada I am just coming back...
Climate change and displacement
How conflict and climate change form a toxic combination that drives people from their homes. They murdered his father, torched his neighbourhood and sent him running for his life. Rounding up as many family members as he could find, Hawali Oumar fled his hometown of...
The Rohingya: Two years later
In 2017, an outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State triggered a mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees—an ethnic minority group of mostly Muslims displaced from their home in Myanmar. The Rohingya are the world’s largest group of stateless people...
Rohingya girls leave lasting impression with Canadian staffer on first UNHCR misson
“It was very emotional” By Dominique Hyde, as told to Lauren La Rose Ottawa native Dominique Hyde has spent more than two decades dedicated to front-line humanitarian work, with organizations including UNICEF and UN’s World Food Programme. She met with...