Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid COVID-19 pandemic
Restrictions impeding access to asylum, spiraling gender-based violence, risks of unsafe returns, and loss of livelihoods are among some of the deep and hard-hitting impacts the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on refugees, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for...
Ivorians flee to neighbouring countries fearing post-electoral violence
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is concerned as electoral tension and unrest in Côte...
World Cities Day: Cities lead the way in protecting forcibly displaced against impact of COVID-19
With more than 60 per cent of the world’s refugees and 80 per cent of internally displaced people sheltering in cities around the world , UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, salutes the great efforts many urban centers have taken in protecting those forced to flee, amid the...
UNHCR lauds increase in refugee resettlement levels as part of Canada’s 2021–2023 Immigration Plan
OTTAWA, CANADA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Canada’s 2021–2023 Immigration Plan, which includes an increase in refugee resettlement levels for the next three years as part of an overall increase to Canadian immigration. “We greatly appreciate Canada’s...
Solidarity born of the Black Lives Matter movement inspires former refugee to facilitate conversations about racism
By Gisele Nyembwe “I am energized by the strengthening of solidarity between Black Canadians, other racialized groups and Indigenous peoples.” For years she has volunteered and worked quietly with others to address misconceptions about refugees in Canada. Louise...
IPC to create and support a Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Joint IPC/UNHCR Press Release Plans for up to six refugee athletes to head to Japan Ileana Rodriguez, a former refugee and a London 2012 Paralympian, will be the team’s Chef de Mission Commercial partners Airbnb, Panasonic and ASICS pledge to support the team IPC to...
The Sahel emergency: One of the fastest-growing displacement crises in the world
It has been described as the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian and protection crisis. Escalating violence in Burkina Faso has forced more than one million people from their homes in the West African country — more than 450,000 this year alone. The security...
Crisis of a century: The global humanitarian fight against COVID-19
How UNHCR is helping the forcibly displaced during a historic public health emergency It is the single greatest global public health crisis in more than 100 years. There is no aspect of our daily lives that has not been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The virus...