![Winter preparations for Syrian refugees and displaced in full swing](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Syrian-winter-wp-1080x675.jpg)
![Winter preparations for Syrian refugees and displaced in full swing](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Syrian-winter-wp-1080x675.jpg)
![Bringing toilets into the home boosts refugees’ health and security](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/toilet-wp-1-1-1080x675.jpg)
Bringing toilets into the home boosts refugees’ health and security
Burundian refugees in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo receive cash to construct houses and toilets, improving access to better sanitation. By Sanne Biesmans Aisha and her husband Matias lean against the mud-brick wall of the house they built themselves in...![US$1.35 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants and host countries](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Untitled-design-9-1080x675.png)
US$1.35 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants and host countries
Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration will today launch a US$1.35 billion regional plan to respond to the increasing humanitarian needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America...UNHCR and Turkey discuss voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees
Discussions on the voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees took place today in Geneva between the respective teams of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and the Turkish government under the auspices of Ms. Gillian Triggs, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection,...![60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need support as they enter adulthood – UN Agencies](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Italy.jpg)
60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need support as they enter adulthood – UN Agencies
Key challenges include discrimination, difficulty finding work, administrative bottlenecks and lack of legal information ROME, Italy – The estimated 60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy as unaccompanied children between 2014 and 2018, and who...![UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Untitled-design-5-1080x675.png)
UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is troubled by the U.S. decision announced today to reduce, substantially and for the third consecutive year, the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement in the United States over the coming year. The admissions ceiling of...![Somali refugees return home from Yemen in latest UNHCR-facilitated departure](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/somali-1080x675.png)
Somali refugees return home from Yemen in latest UNHCR-facilitated departure
More than 4,800 Somali refugees have now returned home from Yemen since UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commenced an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme in 2017. In the latest departure, a boat carrying 114 Somali refugees left the Port of Aden on Monday and...![UNHCR chief applauds Zambia’s openness to refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Zambiawp-1080x675.jpg)
UNHCR chief applauds Zambia’s openness to refugees
Filippo Grandi commends the African nation for its generosity towards refugees and calls for additional humanitarian and development support during a two-day visit. By Catherine Wachiaya in Lusaka, Zambia UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called for...![The Tailor Project’s 70-year-old roots help today’s skilled refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Jonas-Schlanger-TEMP-F70_f5_i002-1080x675.jpg)
The Tailor Project’s 70-year-old roots help today’s skilled refugees
Seven decades later, The Tailor Project’s legacy lives on in a brighter future for refugees By Fiona Irvine-Goulet Like threads woven through the fabric of history, 90-something Montrealer Irving Leibgott, originally from Poland, and 43-year-old Mohamad*, a Syrian...![Refugee Housing Units provide a better shelter solution](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RF2227641-1080x675.jpg)