![Twin scourges COVID-19 and climate change threaten world’s displaced and stateless](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climate-change-covid.jpg)
![Twin scourges COVID-19 and climate change threaten world’s displaced and stateless](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climate-change-covid.jpg)
![Donors show solidarity with refugees and steadfast support for UNHCR programmes for 2021](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/indigenous-woman-966x675.jpg)
Donors show solidarity with refugees and steadfast support for UNHCR programmes for 2021
Donor governments today pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for next year’s activities at its annual pledging conference in Geneva. These generous initial pledges will allow UNHCR to continue to deliver life-saving aid and to protect the...![UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/One-World-Refugee-Film-Festival-–-Cover-Image-–-General-1080x675.png)
UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations
OTTAWA, CANADA, 27 NOVEMBER 2020 – Starting on 1 December to 14 December 2020, UNHCR will be partnering with One World Arts, Amnesty International Canada, CARE Canada and Oxfam Canada to co-present this year’s edition of the One World Film Festival (OWFF), a two-week...![Sultans of String celebrates “Refuge” album with online concert fundraiser for refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SOS_QUINTET_PROMO_2019_300DPI_black_bkgrnd_photo_Kevin_Kelly-1080x675.jpg)
Sultans of String celebrates “Refuge” album with online concert fundraiser for refugees
By Lauren La Rose Sultans of String’s Chris McKhool admits it was “pretty devastating” to see dozens of shows cancelled for his band’s biggest-ever tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it wasn’t long before a moment of disappointment turned to one of tremendous...![UNHCR warns second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GBV-Covid-.jpg)
UNHCR warns second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls
As the coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is unleashing a renewed wave of violence against refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “We are...![UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of grave consequences if world looks away from Afghanistan, reiterates importance of finding solutions to Afghan displacement](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Filipo-Afghanistan.jpg)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of grave consequences if world looks away from Afghanistan, reiterates importance of finding solutions to Afghan displacement
At the conclusion of a five-day visit to Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged the international community to remain committed to the country at this critical juncture, and called for greater support for Afghan refugees,...![Pace of Ethiopian refugee arrivals in Sudan unseen in the last two decades](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pace-Ethiopian.jpg)
Pace of Ethiopian refugee arrivals in Sudan unseen in the last two decades
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, is warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is...![Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Girl-Washing-Hands.jpg)
Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid COVID-19 pandemic
Restrictions impeding access to asylum, spiraling gender-based violence, risks of unsafe returns, and loss of livelihoods are among some of the deep and hard-hitting impacts the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on refugees, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for...![World Cities Day: Cities lead the way in protecting forcibly displaced against impact of COVID-19](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Syrian-Refugees-in-Sao-Paolo-966x675.jpg)
World Cities Day: Cities lead the way in protecting forcibly displaced against impact of COVID-19
With more than 60 per cent of the world’s refugees and 80 per cent of internally displaced people sheltering in cities around the world , UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, salutes the great efforts many urban centers have taken in protecting those forced to flee, amid the...![Solidarity born of the Black Lives Matter movement inspires former refugee to facilitate conversations about racism](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Louise-Simbandumwe-–-ARC-1080x675.jpg)