UNHCR chief hails Canada PM’s leadership in global affairs
OTTAWA, Canada, March 22 (UNHCR) – Marking his first visit to Canada, the United Nations refugee chief congratulated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his humanitarian leadership over the global refugee crisis and conveyed a strong message of support calling for this...
High Commissioner Grandi greets Syrian refugees in Ottawa
OTTAWA, Canada, March 19 (UNHCR) – Just hours after landing in Ottawa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met a group of Syrian refugees who recently arrived to Ottawa. The families came to Canada as part of Canada’s...UNHCR on EU-Turkey deal: Asylum safeguards must prevail in implementation
UNHCR notes today’s agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the situation of refugees and migrants seeking to make their way to Europe. We recognize the shared need of countries to find properly managed solutions to this situation. Indeed UNHCR has on...
Looking at Syria after five years of conflict
GENEVA, March 15 (UNHCR) – As Syria’s war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the five-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its victims is failing to match and reflect the scale and...Syria conflict at 5 years: the biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time demands a huge surge in solidarity
As Syria’s war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the 5-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its victims is failing to match and reflect the scale and seriousness of the humanitarian tragedy....
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Ottawa March 19-22
The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi will be in Ottawa on 19-22 March 2016. As part of his first official mission to Canada, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will meet with senior government Officials and will address the Canadian...Video: Syrian refugee cousins head to Canada
Two happy cousins now call Canada home. Meet Maryam and Sundos—two rays of sunshine who are among the first of 25,000 Syrian refugees to arrive in Canada.
Some 80,000 refugees arrive in Europe in first six weeks of 2016
GENEVA, Feb 12 (UNHCR) – Despite rough seas and harsh winter weather, more than 80,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by boat during the first six weeks of 2016, more than in the first four months of 2015, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, announced today. In...