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With Canada set to host G7, UNHCR highlights urgent need for refugee solutions
As Canada prepares to host world leaders, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution worldwide is untenably high, particularly as humanitarian funding dries up.
Rohingya refugee family reunites in Greece: “We can build our future now”
With legal support, a Rohingya refugee family were able to realize their right to be reunited, but funding cuts will deny such support to other families desperate to be together.
Around 1 million refugees access legal routes to safety and brighter futures over five years
Nearly 1 million people from eight countries with high asylum recognition rates were offered entry permits into 38 destination countries via work, family and study permits between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report, OECD-UNHCR: Safe Pathways for Refugees, released today.