News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Colombian coroner gives Venezuelans dignified burials
When Venezuelan refugees and migrants cannot afford a decent burial, Sonia Bermúdez ensures they have a final resting place.
Aid agencies appeal for funding to support over 2 million South Sudanese refugees in dire need
UNHCR and partners are appealing for US$1.2 billion to provide vital humanitarian assistance for more than 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees living in five neighbouring countries in 2021.
Inside Syria, millions face destitution after a decade of pain
Compounding crises increase misery for Syrian families trying to pick up the pieces after ten years of conflict, including 6.7 million people still displaced inside the country.
First refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Rwanda
Over 400 health service workers and residents of Gashora transit centre get their first jabs, as part of national vaccine plan that covers all refugees and asylum-seekers.
A decade on, Syrian refugees mired in ‘silent war’ for survival
As the Syria crisis reaches the 10-year mark, millions of refugees face unprecedented hardship due to rising poverty, lack of opportunity and the impact of COVID-19.
A decade of death, destruction and displacement must not sap our solidarity with Syrians
Ten years of the Syrian crisis have inflicted unimaginable human suffering and pain. The world has failed Syrians.
Violence forces Central African family into exile once more
Paul and his family again sought refuge in DRC following the latest wave of violence in the Central African Republic.
Rwanda vaccinates refugees and asylum-seekers against COVID-19
UNHCR welcomes the Rwandan government’s vaccination this week of 416 refugees – one of the first countries in Africa to do so.
News comment: UNHCR voices concern over removal of Rohingya refugees outside its office in New Delhi, India
UNHCR is concerned about 88 Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers who were taken away by the law enforcement authorities from the front of our office in New Delhi.
Uganda shows how including refugees can lift up a whole society
On a visit to Bidibidi settlement, Filippo Grandi described projects involving government, refugees, aid groups and locals as ‘game changers’.
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