South Sudan: 3 Years of Civil War
This past December marked three years since the beginning of South Sudan’s latest civil war. Before December 2013, over 115,000 South Sudanese people were classified as refugees or asylum-seekers. Three years later, that number has reached over 1.6 million. In South...
Syria
Syria Refugee Crisis Zahida and her children fled their family home in Syria when their street came under attack. Their neighbourhood was destroyed and they fled to a refugee camp across the border in Jordan. Zahida is now focused on survival and giving her children a...
Where Your Money Goes
Where Your Money Goes We rely on contributions that government, corporations and individuals donate to UNHCR. Learn more about where your money goes. Photo: © UNHCR/Rasheed Hussein Rasheed Donations to UNHCR Canada directly support the lifesaving work being carried...
South Sudan
South Sudan Emergency Violence drove Sarah from home—and claimed the lives of her mother and sister. At 16 years old, she’s living in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp, Ethiopia—surviving as best she can and bringing up her three siblings on her own.Photo: ©UNHCR/Oli Cohen...
Fundraise
Fundraise for Refugees Learn more about UNHCR fundraising and support refugees with your friends, family and community! Photo: © UNHCR/Yorgos Kyvernitis Fundraising for UNHCR is a fun and rewarding way to get your friends, family and community to make a difference in...
Poorer countries host most of the forcibly displaced – report
According to a new UNHCR study, most of the 3.2 million who were driven from their homes in the first half of 2016 found shelter in low or middle income countries. GENEVA – Conflict, persecution and violence newly uprooted at least 3.2 million people in the first half...
Bittersweet hope for struggling Syrian family
Father of three from Homs says resettlement from Jordan to U.S. will provide a future for his children, despite pain of leaving loved ones behind. By: Charlie Dunmore and Dalal Mouawad IRBID, Jordan – As he packed his family’s belongings into four large suitcases just...
Chad helps returnees to receive documentation
UNHCR is working with Chad and partners to ensure the children of Chadian émigrés fleeing war in neighbouring countries finally receive documentation such as ID cards to start over. GORÉ, Chad – One day three years ago, during a break at the farm where she worked,...