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Refugees samba in Rio’s famed Carnival parade to celebrate Brazilian openness
By María Rubi in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil As special guests of the Salgueiro samba school, refugees showed off their fancy footwork and strengthened bonds with the country that has welcomed them. On a recent Friday night, a potent cocktail of excitement, nerves and...![News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/unhcr-blue-white-1080x630.png)
News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi Today, the UK Parliament approved new legislation on nationality, asylum and immigration – the Nationality and Borders Bill. The bill will become law once it receives Royal Assent. UNHCR, the UN Refugee...![The woman with golden hands: Syrian refugee in Jordan finds joy – and a future – in making beautiful things](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RF1201397-1080x675.jpeg)
The woman with golden hands: Syrian refugee in Jordan finds joy – and a future – in making beautiful things
Zuzan Mostafa has golden hands. A Syrian who fled to Jordan in 2012, she discovered she could turn almost anything old and worn into something beautiful, helping her family earn money and rebuild their lives in the process By Hazm Almouzoni Zuzan is one of 5.7 million...![UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/news-release-1080x675.png)
UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum
Following public announcements made today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, expressed strong opposition and concerns about the United Kingdom’s plan to export its asylum obligations and urged the UK to refrain from transferring asylum seekers and refugees to Rwanda for...![Rwandan refugee begins new life caring for elderly Canadians](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/622615254.png)
Rwandan refugee begins new life caring for elderly Canadians
A pioneering program is recruiting skilled refugees to fill labour gaps in Canada By Levon Sevunts The first thing Bahati Ernestine Hategekimana remembers about Nova Scotia is how green the Canadian province seemed compared to the neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital...![Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RF1199833-1080x675.jpeg)
Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa
WFP and UNHCR Joint News Release NAIROBI – Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict,...![UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner lauds solidarity of Romania and the Republic of Moldova towards Ukrainian refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RF1216125.jpeg)
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner lauds solidarity of Romania and the Republic of Moldova towards Ukrainian refugees
Concluding a week-long visit to Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Raouf Mazou expressed his appreciation for the remarkable solidarity displayed in both countries towards people fleeing Ukraine. “In the past days, I have witnessed first-hand the generosity that has...![Brick by brick: Students’ policy ideas to help refugees make their way to the real UN](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-966x675.jpeg)
Brick by brick: Students’ policy ideas to help refugees make their way to the real UN
At first, it looked like a room full of diplomats. Hundreds of smartly dressed people raising placards with country names. Small groups holding peace talks in the corner. Notes passed quietly from one person to the next. But actually it was a room full of secondary...![On Oscars night, Hollywood stars show solidarity #WithRefugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/new.jpg)