Former Syrian wrestling champion ready for second round
After establishing a successful training program in a refugee camp, a star wrestler from Syria is now changing lives in Canada. The Al Karad family (from left) Mohammed, Asmaa, Tajaldeen, Jameeleh, Mansoor and Taim pose for a portrait with their Canadian sponsor,...
Rohingya Crisis
‘Rohingya Refugee Crisis Hajira and three-month-old Sadeka fled horrific violence in Myanmar during the Rohingya crisis. Like so many other Rohingya families, they crossed the border into Bangladesh and now find themselves in the sprawling, overcrowded refugee...
Shelter urgently needed for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence
Officials warn of ‘true crisis’ as an estimated 73,000 Rohingya seek safety in already strained Bangladesh refugee camps. KUTUPALONG CAMP, Bangladesh – Barefoot and running for her life, Rohingya Dilara, 20, reached Bangladesh in recent days clutching her young son,...Tearful reunion for Yazidi boy and family in Winnipeg
The UNHCR Representative in Canada, Jean-Nicolas Beuze has praised Canada’s work on refugee resettlement today as a Yazidi boy has been reunited with his family in Winnipeg after three years’ separation. Emad Mishko Tamo was just 9 years old when he was...
The Hungarian entrepreneur who styled a new life in Canada
Fifty years ago, a boy fled Hungary and found sanctuary in Canada. Now he is living his dream by running his own business. By Leyland Cecco and Annie Sakkab in Toronto, Canada Tom Milhalik sells suits at Toronto’s Kensington Market. Grey suits, blue suits. Suits for...
Over one million children flee South Sudan
JUBA/GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 8 May 2017 – More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today. “The horrifying fact that nearly one in five children in...
Central America
Crisis in Central America Uncontrolled gang violence and exploitation forces thousands to flee their homes in Central America. In the hills above the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, vacant houses indicate the scale of forced displacement from neighbourhoods controlled...
Canada’s 2016 Record High Level of Resettlement Praised by UNHCR
OTTAWA, Canada, April 24 (UNHCR) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) praised Canada today for providing solutions to the plight of a record 46,700 refugees through their resettlement to Canada in 2016. This is the largest amount...