Elderly Somali refugee hopes to end her days with family
Somali refugee Fadumo Nour Zein, 81, sits on a metal bed in a UNHCR centre in western Romania, patting the knee of her 46-year-old daughter Fatima on her left and grandson Ali on her right. After years of uncertainty, she is finally happy. For 20 years Fadouma did not...
LGBTI and displaced people on the frontline of Ukraine conflict
Fighting is not the only thing driving people from their homes in eastern Ukraine. Persecution is also forcing LGBTI people to flee. When Viktor,* a 27-year-old gay man, opened his door to police one morning, he knew his secret was out. His claims of having a...
UNHCR Canada and Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih to raise funds for Rohingya refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Canada, is joining forces with Mohamad Fakih, President and CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, to raise funds for Rohingya refugees. The Fakih Foundation will match the highest donation amount raised by any Canadian business leader or...
Monsoon response effort in full swing as seasonal rains hit Bangladesh
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is rushing additional aid to Bangladesh where the first monsoon rains have been affecting Cox’s Bazar district and the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees there. The first of three scheduled humanitarian airlifts carrying additional...
UNHCR Canada and Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih launch partnership on refugee integration
TORONTO – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Canada launched today a new partnership with Mohamad Fakih, the President and CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, to support the Agency’s work in support of refugees globally and in Canada. Mr. Fakih, who is also the Founder of the...
UNHCR welcomes the support of Canadian NGOs in the #WithRefugees World Tour
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is grateful for the support of Canadian NGOs, manifested through their involvement in the #WithRefugees World Tour, in the agency’s efforts to mobilize global solidarity for refugees and forcibly displaced people. The #WithRefugees World...
Canadian entrepreneur helps refugees stitch up new future at Swiss sewing workshop
By Robert Gloy in Zurich, Switzerland Among the colourful fabrics and sewing machines in a Zurich clothing workshop, Jamila leans across her workbench and carefully smooths the fabric of a black-and-yellow dress she is making, adjusting the hem and inserting pins here...
UNHCR and OECD launch action plan to boost refugee employment
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is launching an innovative action plan to expand employment opportunities for refugees. This Action Plan fully supports a new approach, whereby refugees would be...