News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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UNHCR partners with One World Refugee Film Festival to give refugee stories centre stage in 70th anniversary celebrations
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is excited to be partnering with One World Arts along with Amnesty International Canada, CARE Canada, and Oxfam Canada to host this year’s virtual edition of the One World Refugee Film Festival from December 1–14.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Sudan as new refugee arrivals cross 43,000
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is visiting Khartoum as the country receives a growing number of refugees from Ethiopia.
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.
Ethiopian refugee numbers in Sudan cross the 40,000 mark
The number of Ethiopian refugees streaming into eastern Sudan has now surpassed 40,000 people since the crisis began in Tigray.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of grave consequences if world looks away from Afghanistan, reiterates importance of finding solutions to Afghan displacement
Filippo Grandi calls for greater support for Afghan refugees, internally displaced and returnees ahead of a donor pledging conference in Geneva.
Statement on passing of Gary Troeller
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gary Troeller, former UNHCR Representative in Canada who served here in the mid-1990s.
Urgent support needed to help Ethiopian refugees reaching Sudan
As the numbers of people fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region for eastern Sudan now exceed 33,000, UNHCR is working to get enough vitally needed assistance to women, children and men in great need.
Life-saving evacuations from Libya to Rwanda resume after nearly a year
UNHCR has evacuated a group of 79 vulnerable asylum-seekers out of Libya to safety in Rwanda.
UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history
2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today.
Pace of Ethiopian refugee arrivals in Sudan unseen in the last two decades
UNHCR is warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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Media Contact
Gisele Nyembwe
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E: nyembwe@unhcr.org
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