Artists across Canada show support for Ukraine
From paintings to jewellery, learn how Canadian artists are raising funds and awareness for UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response. The war in Ukraine has uprooted the lives of millions and captured the attention and hearts of people across Canada compelled to find ways...
Live blog 2022: World Refugee Day events held as displacement tops 100 million
Welcome to the World Refugee Day 2022 Live Blog, where we’ll be bringing you stories and events from around the world celebrating refugees and the countries and communities that have taken them in By UNHCR Every World Refugee Day, 20 June, UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
‘When you open your home, you open your heart’
Iryna Morykvas reflects on how fleeing Ukraine with her son changed her perspective on love, peace and safety – and inspired her to design this year’s World Refugee Day emoji By Iryna Morykvas Iryna Morykvas is a Ukrainian artist and children’s book illustrator. She...
UNHCR’s Grandi joins Ivorian refugees on the last leg of their journey home
With peace and stability in Côte D’Ivoire, refugee status for Ivorians is coming to an end. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees joined a group returning home from Liberia. By Cédric Kalonji Mfunyi in Toulepleu, Côte d’Ivoire Blessing Tieu, 18, felt a mixture...
Forced displacement hit record high in 2021 with too few able to go home
The number of people forced to flee violence, war and persecution, is outpacing the available solutions. GENEVA – The number of people displaced by conflict, violence, persecution and human rights abuses rose for the tenth straight year in 2021 to reach the highest...
‘I believe we can make change happen. We just need to do the work.’
In his new memoir, ‘Asylum,’ Nigerian refugee and LGBTIQ+ activist Edafe Okporo writes that even detention and discrimination didn’t shake his faith in America By Sarah Schafer In 2016, while at his office in Abuja, Nigeria, Edafe Okporo received a text message from...
Ukrainian refugees depict trauma of fleeing war in new short film
“Uprooted” shows how the terrifying memories of conflict live on in those who have escaped, and sends a message of solidarity to refugees around the world. By UNHCR Staff No one uprooted by war can unsee the horrors they have witnessed. That is the powerful message of...
Rohingya refugees lead response to fire threat in Bangladesh camps
Trained refugee volunteers are the first line of defence against the frequent fires that tear through camps in the dry season. By Kristy Siegfried in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh First, a hole appears in the shelter’s tarpaulin roof, then flames and billowing black...