![Hungry and shivering, Kabul displaced brace for bleak winter](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/winter-afghanistan.jpg)
![Hungry and shivering, Kabul displaced brace for bleak winter](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/winter-afghanistan.jpg)
![Iranian father and son re-enact their story for Hungarian theatre goers](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/iranian-father-1.jpg)
Iranian father and son re-enact their story for Hungarian theatre goers
Iranian refugee Abouzar and his son, Armin, chose to stay in Hungary despite being detained at the border for 18 months. A new theatre production offers some clues as to why. By Helen Womack and Erno Simon in Budapest In a metal container with one small window looking...![‘My dream has finally come true!’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dream-1.jpg)
‘My dream has finally come true!’
Sudanese student Raba Hakim fulfils a lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a MasterCard Foundation scholarship. By Yajun Hu in Tongo Refugee Camp, Ethiopia The huge grin on her face says it all – 16 September was the most exciting day of Raba Abdurahim...![‘Political will’ needed to safeguard 82.4 million displaced – UNHCR protection chief](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Political-will-story-1.jpg)
‘Political will’ needed to safeguard 82.4 million displaced – UNHCR protection chief
‘Urgent global collaboration’ is required to put agreed protection principles into practice, Gillian Triggs tells high-level gathering. By UNHCR Staff GENEVA – Governments must boost cooperation and redouble efforts if solutions for the millions of people uprooted by...![Joint Statement by IGAD, UNHCR and the governments of South Sudan and Sudan on the Solutions Initiative for 7 million forcibly displaced people](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/News-Release-Image-2.png)
Joint Statement by IGAD, UNHCR and the governments of South Sudan and Sudan on the Solutions Initiative for 7 million forcibly displaced people
Geneva – Today, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, co-hosted a special high-level information sharing session of the IGAD Support Platform on the Solutions Initiative for the displacement situation in South Sudan...![UNHCR’s Grandi: Greater international cooperation needed to ‘solve multiple crises’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/crises.jpg)
UNHCR’s Grandi: Greater international cooperation needed to ‘solve multiple crises’
Only ‘robust conflict resolution efforts’ will prevent global displacement topping 100 million, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi tells high-level meeting. GENEVA – The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide will top 100 million without greater...![Warmth and kindness in the Canadian wilderness](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/main_image-generic.png)
Warmth and kindness in the Canadian wilderness
The Arafat family were terrified when they fled their home in Syria. Now they are finding new hope and happiness in a Canadian mountain community. By Leyland Cecco and Annie Sakkab in Whitehorse, Canada From a bay window, the elder Arafat children, along with their...![Yemenis helping rebuild lives on conflict’s frontlines win 2021 Nansen Award](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/emenis-helping-rebuild-1.jpg)
Yemenis helping rebuild lives on conflict’s frontlines win 2021 Nansen Award
Driven by his own experience of displacement, Ameen Jubran and his team kept providing shelter and hope to Yemenis fleeing their homes even as fighting reached its peak. By Tatiana Bure in Hudaydah, Yemen When Ameen Jubran chose to stay in Hudaydah – the scene of some...![Burkina Faso’s local heroes honoured for giving shelter to the displaced](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/burkina-faso.jpg)
Burkina Faso’s local heroes honoured for giving shelter to the displaced
Amid the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis, two community mobilizers helping people fleeing violence have been named UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award regional winners for Africa. By Edith Champagne and Selim Meddeb in Kaya and Dori, Burkina Faso In early 2019, one...![UNHCR and Council of Europe discuss statelessness, urge States to uphold the right to a nationality in Europe](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Europe.jpg)