The Unwanted: A portrait of the Rohingya refugee crisis
By Fiona Irvine-Goulet Since August 25, 2017, more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar. Most are women and children; many have been beaten, tortured, raped, or have seen their homes and villages burned to the ground. Their loved ones have been...
Winter cash assistance brings life-saving gift of warmth to Syrian family
By Lauren La Rose ZARQA, JORDAN — For Abu and Um Waleed, the gift of winter cash assistance has brought warmth into their home—in more ways than one. “Immense happiness. It’s an unbelievable feeling. It really helped us a lot. We couldn’t sleep from the...
Winter cash assistance offers Syrian refugees comfort from the cold
By Lauren La Rose ZAATARI CAMP, JORDAN—The sight of corpses all around was simply unbearable for Zeenab. “My house was destroyed, the whole country was destroyed and we really didn’t have a safe place to stay at,” said Zeenab, originally from the small town of...
“Canada’s responsibility to refugees globally must not falter”
Note to readers: This opinion piece was originally published in The Hill Times on 20 Dec 2017. Reprinted with permission. By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Canada representative Just a little over two years ago, three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s tragic death on a Turkish beach...
100 Days of the Rohingya Crisis
Last Updated: December 1, 2017 Over half a million people have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in late August. Here are some key events of this unfolding drama. You are viewing: The emergency response Donate Now August 25, 2017 Outbreak of the...Rohingya refugee returns must meet international standards
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR takes note of reports that the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar have...
Desperate Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh on flimsy rafts
UNHCR is concerned at the growing number of people resorting to desperate means to flee Myanmar. More than 30 makeshift rafts carrying over 1,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh in the past 10 days and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is concerned at...
UNHCR chief hails Canada as “champion” of refugees
UNHCR’s chief Filippo Grandi has praised Canada for being a “champion” of refugees with its far-sighted and generous resettlement efforts, but in view of a record number of forcibly displaced people worldwide he urged Canadians and others to do even more....