UNHCR chief urges international leaders to tackle conflicts at the root of today’s global displacement crisis
“Have we become unable to broker peace?” Grandi asks Security Council during key address on record levels of displacement. NEW YORK – Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has urged international leaders to find political solutions to the...
Young newcomers’ tech innovations help refugees in Montreal
The High Commissioner for Refugees witnesses first-hand how refugees’ experiences help them develop tech solutions to their day-to-day problems. By Erla Cabrera in Montreal, Canada This morning, Ahmed Saeed, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea, shared with the...
Unifor Social Justice Fund donates $50,000 for Rohingya refugees
TORONTO — Mohamad Alsadi says the images of fire-ravaged homes and villages in Myanmar and Rohingya refugees forced to flee to Bangladesh were too much to bear. “The forced migration that took place in (Myanmar) is absolutely difficult to look at, to...
Civilians in DRC struggle for survival amid growing violence at home
People fleeing unrest in Democratic Republic of Congo at record high. After five months of hiding in the bush from armed men and soldiers, Marie Kapinga is finally back at her family home in Matamba, a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Central...“If you leave, no one will shoot you:” A grandmother’s plea in Honduras
“My grandmother wanted me to leave. She told me: ‘If you don’t join, the gang will shoot you. If you do join, the rival gang will shoot you—or the cops will shoot you. But if you leave, no one will shoot you’.”...Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework for Central America and Mexico
Background The Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework for Central America and Mexico is developed by the UN Refugee Agency in support of the Global Compact on Refugees. It builds on commitments established in the 2016 New York Declaration and on...Former Syrian wrestling champion ready for second round
After establishing a successful training program in a refugee camp, a star wrestler from Syria is now changing lives in Canada. The Al Karad family (from left) Mohammed, Asmaa, Tajaldeen, Jameeleh, Mansoor and Taim pose for a portrait with their Canadian sponsor,...Unifor Social Justice Fund donates $50,000 to UNHCR for Rohingya refugees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO – UNHCR Canada, the UN Refugee Agency, has received CAD $50,000 from Unifor Social Justice Fund to provide emergency aid to Rohingya refugees. Since late August, more than 580,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh to escape...