![How climate change is multiplying risks for displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climate-change.jpg)
![How climate change is multiplying risks for displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climate-change.jpg)
![75,000 children in Iran to gain nationality under new law](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/news-release-wp-1-1080x675.png)
75,000 children in Iran to gain nationality under new law
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, welcomes the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s...![Child-trafficking in Mali increasing because of conflict and COVID-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Malian-Children.jpg)
Child-trafficking in Mali increasing because of conflict and COVID-19
Conflict, insecurity, COVID-19 and deteriorating economic conditions are leading to a rise in trafficking of children, forced labour and forced recruitment by armed groups in Mali, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is warning today. More cases of child recruitment were...![Nearly 40 million at heightened risk of violence, discrimination and rights abuses as Covid spawns a ‘coping crisis’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/40M-violence-covid-966x675.jpg)
Nearly 40 million at heightened risk of violence, discrimination and rights abuses as Covid spawns a ‘coping crisis’
Study reveals a severe deterioration in international efforts to protect the world’s most vulnerable, with human rights violations on the rise. GENEVA – A new report released today by the Norwegian Refugee Council and the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency-led Global Protection...![‘Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it particularly impacts the displaced’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Malian-Refugees-climate.jpg)
‘Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it particularly impacts the displaced’
UNHCR’s Special Advisor on Climate Action, Andrew Harper, outlines how global warming is driving displacement, and why decisive action is vital now. By Tim Gaynor In 2019, weather-related hazards triggered some 24.9 million displacements in 140 countries. Research...![Gender-based violence on the rise during lockdowns](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GBV-Day.jpg)
Gender-based violence on the rise during lockdowns
Data shows that displaced women and girls worldwide are experiencing increased gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. By UNHCR Staff Mónica Pérez* met her first boyfriend when she was 16, not long after she stepped off a bus in the Colombian border city...![Six ‘Films of Hope’ for uncertain times](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Films-of-Hope.jpg)
Six ‘Films of Hope’ for uncertain times
Sex and the City co-stars Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon chat about their go-to films for inspiration and what the world needs to fight the coronavirus. By Sarah Schafer in New York Looking for inspiration as 2020 drags on? Sex and the City co-stars Kristin Davis and...![Life-saving evacuations from Libya to Rwanda resume after nearly a year](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Libya-to-Rwanda--966x675.jpg)
Life-saving evacuations from Libya to Rwanda resume after nearly a year
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, has evacuated yesterday evening (Thursday 19 Nov) a group...![Asylum seekers tell of relief as they leave Libya for Rwanda](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Asylum-Libya-Rwanda.jpg)
Asylum seekers tell of relief as they leave Libya for Rwanda
As life-saving evacuation flights to Rwanda resume after nearly a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, vulnerable asylum seekers put their ordeals in Libya behind them. By Caroline Gluck in Tripoli, Libya Wrapped in a white headscarf and keeping her six-year-old son...![‘It was a very emotional moment … I felt that now I definitely exist’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Russia-Statelessness.jpg)