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Stateless Rohingya turns bodybuilding dream into reality
As a child, Noor Kabir risked his life for a dream. Inspired by the film “Rocky”, he became the world’s first Rohingya bodybuilding champion. By Lydia Siamando and Charlotta Lomas in Canberra, Australia When Noor Kabir saw the film Rocky, he knew his life would never...![BTS-obsessed student yearns for return to normality in Sudan](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RF1330737-1080x675.jpg)
BTS-obsessed student yearns for return to normality in Sudan
Islam Mubarak was uprooted from her life in Khartoum by the war in Sudan. Now she is stuck in a camp for displaced people in the east of the country. By Omer Elnaiem in Gedaref, Sudan Just days before fighting between two rival military factions broke out in...![UNHCR: Number of humanitarian emergencies in 2023 the highest in a decade](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RF1283465-1080x675.jpg)
UNHCR: Number of humanitarian emergencies in 2023 the highest in a decade
GENEVA – Last year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, responded to a sharply higher number of new or deepening humanitarian crises – the highest annual number of declared emergencies in the last 10 years. According to the Emergency Preparedness and Response in 2023 report...Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, One in five people in the Central Sahel needs humanitarian aid: Now is the time to turn words into action
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – The crises gripping the Central Sahel are exacerbating humanitarian and protection needs and threatening to reverse development gains. In 2024, some 17 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian assistance and protection –...![Displacement crisis in Sudan deepens as fighting spreads](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RF1317022-1080x675.jpg)
Displacement crisis in Sudan deepens as fighting spreads
This is a summary of what was said by Wiliam Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned at the deepening forced displacement crisis in Sudan and...![UNHCR calls for urgent global action at COP28, highlighting climate change’s impact on the displacement crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RF1317421-1080x675.webp)
UNHCR calls for urgent global action at COP28, highlighting climate change’s impact on the displacement crisis
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for immediate and collective action to confront the unparalleled impact of climate change and its profound effects on displaced populations and their host communities at the 28th United Nations Climate Change...![Meet the winners of our “Hope away from home” Youth Art Contest](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RF1319979-1080x675.jpg)
Meet the winners of our “Hope away from home” Youth Art Contest
The winners’ designs will be turned into graphic t-shirts by our global partner UNIQLO By UNHCR staff Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the third edition of the Youth with Refugees Art Contest. The five best designs on the theme “Hope away...![UNHCR’s Grandi urges better protection for displaced in Americas, addressing causes of movements](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RF1319054-1080x675.webp)
UNHCR’s Grandi urges better protection for displaced in Americas, addressing causes of movements
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has concluded a three-day visit to Colombia, a country facing multiple population movements. He saw how, despite the multiple challenges, the government and people of Colombia are focused on solutions to displacement....![UNHCR welcomes the UK Supreme Court judgement on transfer of asylum-seekers](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Thumbnail_logo_0-1080x675.jpg)