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![Ukrainian family finds a home away from home in Moldova](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/629a006c2.webp)
Ukrainian family finds a home away from home in Moldova
Business owners Nadejda and Vitalie converted their office space into a shelter for refugees, including six-year-old Veronika and her family from Odesa By Kisut Gebre Egziabher in Ialoveni, Moldova Nadejda Grosu and Vitalie Ovcearenco had just moved into their new...![Seeking safety at the United States-Mexico border](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/629102f128.jpeg)
Seeking safety at the United States-Mexico border
By UNHCR Staff Narrated by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller and supporter Mindy Kaling, an animated series looks at the rights of people forced to flee and the responsibility we all have to protect them. Every day, people arrive at the United States border with...![High-level event explores solutions for people forced to flee in Central America and Mexico](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC02918-1080x675.jpg)
High-level event explores solutions for people forced to flee in Central America and Mexico
Top officials of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, joined a wide array of stakeholders in Ottawa, today to discuss how resettlement and other solutions for refugees can complement efforts by countries of Central America and Mexico to address the challenges of forced...![Religious leaders pledge to work together to end statelessness](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/627a62203.jpeg)
Religious leaders pledge to work together to end statelessness
Millions of stateless people around the world are denied a nationality. This means that they often cannot go to school, see a doctor, get a job, open a bank account, buy a house or even get married. The Multi-Religious Council of Leaders committed today to strive...![UNHCR raises alarm over Mozambique’s “invisible” crisis as climate shocks worsen displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/RF1208175-1080x675.jpeg)
UNHCR raises alarm over Mozambique’s “invisible” crisis as climate shocks worsen displacement
This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva....![Returning to Mother: Evodia and Josephine’s story of hope](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Josephine_Evodia-4-1080x675.jpg)
Returning to Mother: Evodia and Josephine’s story of hope
Resilience and kindness pave the path to reunification By Hawa Amin-Arsala Josephine Niyibinga is sitting in the office of the Saskatoon Open Door Society (SODS) on a Wednesday morning, a place she has frequented many times throughout her few years working with them...![‘I’m very interested in telling stories of people who are marginalised’: Q&A with Noura Kevorkian](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_3834.-FAHOOR-CAMP-2018_FEBRUARY--1080x675.jpg)
‘I’m very interested in telling stories of people who are marginalised’: Q&A with Noura Kevorkian
Canadian filmmaker chronicles the life of a Syrian refugee family in Lebanon By Levon Sevunts The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is partnering with Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival this year to showcase refugee and migrant voices from around the world....![Climate change: How the defining crisis of our time is impacting displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RF2276125-1080x675.jpeg)
Climate change: How the defining crisis of our time is impacting displacement
For more than seven decades, UNHCR has been providing aid and protection to people who have been displaced from their homes due to war, conflict and persecution. Now, there is another devastating threat driving displacement and uprooting the lives of millions in the...![UNHCR helps Syrian student on his journey to higher learning](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Untitled-design-3-1080x675.png)