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Yemeni humanitarian organization wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announces the winner of its 2021 Nansen Refugee Award. Five regional winners are also announced. A Yemeni humanitarian organization that has provided a lifeline to tens of thousands of people displaced by the country’s conflict is the...![UN: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Struggle to Survive Amid Worst Socioeconomic Crisis in Decades](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Syria.jpg)
UN: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Struggle to Survive Amid Worst Socioeconomic Crisis in Decades
Beirut, LEBANON – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are deeply concerned about the rapid deterioration in the living conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Almost the entire...![UNHCR welcomes U.S. plan to increase refugee resettlement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/usa.jpg)
UNHCR welcomes U.S. plan to increase refugee resettlement
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – 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 U.S. President Biden’s proposal to raise the...![UNHCR warns of dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/covid19.jpg)
UNHCR warns of dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Chief of Public Health Section, Ann Burton – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls for more global attention and funding...![UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises the Republic of Turkey for its continued commitment to provide protection to all those in need](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Turkey.jpg)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises the Republic of Turkey for its continued commitment to provide protection to all those in need
Turkey – During a three-day mission to Turkey, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi praised the country for its continued commitment to protecting refugees and asylum-seekers and including them in public services like education, health and livelihoods....![Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Five-footballs-designed-by-young-artists-will-raise-funds-for-refugee-sports-programmes.jpg)
Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes
Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the second annual Youth with Refugees Art Contest, which celebrated the power of sport to bring people together. Five of the winning designs are featured on footballs available for sale online and proceeds...![Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Five-footballs-designed-by-young-artists-will-raise-funds-for-refugee-sports-programmes.jpeg)
Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes
Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the winners of the second annual Youth with Refugees Art Contest, which celebrated the power of sport to bring people together. Five of the winning designs are featured on footballs available for sale online and proceeds...![Lockdown learners: Refugee students on challenges during pandemic](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RF2311547_Nihal_Deng_10192020_Head_shot_3-1080x675.jpg)
Lockdown learners: Refugee students on challenges during pandemic
To understand the challenges refugee students faced as the coronavirus swept around the world, we asked two members of the Canada-based Refugee Education Council – one in Lima, Peru, and one in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya – to quiz each other about how they had...![We decide how to treat refugees – it’s dehumanizing to deprive them of an education](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/John-Green-story-1.jpg)