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![US$1.44 billion needed to support refugees and migrants from Venezuela amid COVID-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/billion-venezuela-966x675.jpg)
US$1.44 billion needed to support refugees and migrants from Venezuela amid COVID-19
Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release GENEVA – Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, launch a US$1.44 billion regional plan to respond to the growing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela and the communities...![Record 20,000 students engage in refugee policies through the 2020 Model UN Refugee Challenge](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20000ModelUN.jpg)
Record 20,000 students engage in refugee policies through the 2020 Model UN Refugee Challenge
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced today the winners of the first Model UN Refugee Challenge, which encouraged students worldwide to develop policies to help refugees during their Model UN (MUN). In 2020 more than 20,000 students from 75 countries joined the...![Forced displacement passes 80 million by mid-2020 as COVID-19 tests refugee protection globally](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Congolese-woman-and-child.jpg)
Forced displacement passes 80 million by mid-2020 as COVID-19 tests refugee protection globally
While a full picture for 2020 is yet to be established, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year, according to a report on trends in global forced displacement released today in Geneva. At the beginning...![Neil Gaiman launches crowdsourced animated film to help raise funds for Syrian refugees battling freezing temperatures and icy winds amid threat of Covid-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/neilgaiman.jpg)
Neil Gaiman launches crowdsourced animated film to help raise funds for Syrian refugees battling freezing temperatures and icy winds amid threat of Covid-19
Neil Gaiman – celebrated author and Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency – has joined forces with hundreds of fans and artists to release a new animated version of his poem What You Need To Be Warm. The animated film aims to raise much...![COVID-19 crisis offers lesson on climate response for refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Covid-19-climate-change.jpg)
COVID-19 crisis offers lesson on climate response for refugees
Global response to the COVID-19 pandemic offers insights on how to mitigate the impact of climate change on displaced populations, says UNHCR’s Gillian Triggs. By UNHCR Staff The COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a test case for the world’s emergency preparedness to...![Twin scourges COVID-19 and climate change threaten world’s displaced and stateless](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climate-change-covid.jpg)
Twin scourges COVID-19 and climate change threaten world’s displaced and stateless
To fight climate change, the world must learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and act with urgency – or risk far-reaching and lethal consequences for people who are forced from their homes, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, said today....![Donors show solidarity with refugees and steadfast support for UNHCR programmes for 2021](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/indigenous-woman-966x675.jpg)
Donors show solidarity with refugees and steadfast support for UNHCR programmes for 2021
Donor governments today pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for next year’s activities at its annual pledging conference in Geneva. These generous initial pledges will allow UNHCR to continue to deliver life-saving aid and to protect the...![UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/One-World-Refugee-Film-Festival-–-Cover-Image-–-General-1080x675.png)
UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations
OTTAWA, CANADA, 27 NOVEMBER 2020 – Starting on 1 December to 14 December 2020, UNHCR will be partnering with One World Arts, Amnesty International Canada, CARE Canada and Oxfam Canada to co-present this year’s edition of the One World Film Festival (OWFF), a two-week...![Sultans of String celebrates “Refuge” album with online concert fundraiser for refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SOS_QUINTET_PROMO_2019_300DPI_black_bkgrnd_photo_Kevin_Kelly-1080x675.jpg)