Why cut legal aid to refugees?
By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative in Canada Would you ask a victim of sexual abuse to share details about her ordeal? Would you ask a torture survivor to provide proof of every blow he endured? Or would you ask a child to recount every step they took while...
Montreal donor strives for peak performance
By Fiona Irvine-Goulet In climbing the highest mountain in both Western and Southern hemispheres, Achraf Gueroun takes giving back to new heights. When we spoke to Achraf Gueroun, he was just days away from climbing Mount Aconcagua in the Andes mountain range of...
Rohingya youth spearhead project to foster mental health
Asking for help was once taboo, but young refugee volunteers in Bangladesh are showing their peers how to speak up about their worries and sadness. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – The camps have the size and complexity of a city, a city of refugees. It is a city of 720,000...
UNHCR providing aid to 42,000 Libyans displaced by Tripoli clashes
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In Libya, thousands of women, children and men have been forced to flee to Tripoli’s...
UNHCR team witnesses destruction in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In Mozambique, a UNHCR team arrived in the north eastern town of Pemba on...
Software Developer Starts New Life as Canadian Skilled Worker
After living in Lebanon for 8 years as a refugee, Mohammed Hakmi is the first refugee to come to Canada as a skilled worker under an innovative pilot program. By Rachel McNally in Ottawa, Canada Up until a few weeks ago, Mohammed Hakmi was one of the world’s 25...
UN humanitarian leaders highlight urgent need to sustain support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Joint UNHCR/IOM/OCHA Press Release At the end of a joint visit to Bangladesh, three top United Nations officials – the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, Director General of the International...Mozambique starts moving Cyclone Idai survivors closer to home
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In Mozambique, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the national government and other partners...