![Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/south-africa.jpg)
![Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/south-africa.jpg)
![Forum seeks solutions for Africa’s 36 million displaced](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/made-handicraft.jpg)
Forum seeks solutions for Africa’s 36 million displaced
First-of-its-kind forum brings together business leaders, refugee change makers and the public sector in Rwanda to find solutions to forced displacement in Africa By Catherine Wachiaya in Kigali, Rwanda Malish Godfrey smiles welcomingly at guests as they stop to...![Killings, kidnappings and looting force 11,500 Nigerians to flee to Niger](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/61a9d5c64.jpeg)
Killings, kidnappings and looting force 11,500 Nigerians to flee to Niger
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – 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 alarmed by repeated attacks in Nigeria which...![UNHCR highlights urgent needs of forcibly displaced in Afghanistan as winter bites](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/61a9f57e4.jpeg)
UNHCR highlights urgent needs of forcibly displaced in Afghanistan as winter bites
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – 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 appealing for much more support amid acute and rising...![Stories of Courage and Healing: Speaking Out on Gender-Based Violence in Central America](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SGBV-NCA-Blog-FeatureImage-v2-1080x675.png)
Stories of Courage and Healing: Speaking Out on Gender-Based Violence in Central America
Gender-based violence is one of the main factors driving women, girls and members of the LGBTQ+ community to flee their homes in Central America. At the same time, it is one of the key risks they face in their search for safety. By Jacky Habib with files from Caro...![News Comment: UNHCR: Afghans struggle to seek safety as borders remain shut to most](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/61a733ba4.jpeg)
News Comment: UNHCR: Afghans struggle to seek safety as borders remain shut to most
By Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by escalating risks faced by Afghans seeking to flee into neighbouring countries as the situation within Afghanistan continues to...![UNHCR saddened by English Channel tragedy – urges action to prevent further loss of life](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/news-release-wp-1-1080x675.png)
UNHCR saddened by English Channel tragedy – urges action to prevent further loss of life
News comment attributable to Pascale Moreau, UNHCR Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe. We are deeply shocked and saddened by the unprecedented tragedy that unfolded in the English Channel on Wednesday. At least 27 people including women and young people, lost...![Football star Mo Salah drops in on an Egyptian school](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/salah.jpg)
Football star Mo Salah drops in on an Egyptian school
Salah, an Ambassador for Instant Network Schools, pays surprise virtual visit to classroom at a school in his native Egypt. Liverpool striker Mo Salah gave children at Al Farooq Omar school in Cairo a day to remember last month when he paid a surprise virtual visit to...![Birth registration drive brings Congo’s indigenous in from the shadows](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/congo.jpg)
Birth registration drive brings Congo’s indigenous in from the shadows
A campaign by the Republic of the Congo and UNHCR provides birth certificates to thousands of Congolese at risk of statelessness, including indigenous people By Hélène Caux in Djambala, Republic of the Congo Marie does not know her age but looks to be in her late...![UNHCR: Conflict, violence, climate change drove displacement higher in first half of 2021](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/618be1a44.jpeg)