News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Awards honour refugee-led response to COVID-19 pandemic
UNHCR NGO Innovation Awards honour the role of refugee-led organizations in helping forcibly displaced and vulnerable people cope during the pandemic.
Refugees help French wine makers fill labour shortages
A leading French wine maker joins forces with an association of former rugby professionals to offer seasonal jobs and training to refugees in the wine industry.
Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador title
Alphonso Davies is the first footballer and first Canadian to become a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.
Uprooted in their own land: the internal displacement crisis
With 45.9 million people displaced inside their own countries, a new data visualization reveals the scale of the issue, the latest trends and prospects for lasting solutions.
UNHCR outraged by deadly attack against displaced population in Western Niger
UNHCR condemns in the strongest terms the attacks in western Niger that killed 137 people, many of them already displaced after having fled violence.
Bangladeshi authorities, aid agencies and refugee volunteers rush to respond as massive fire leaves some 45,000 Rohingya refugees without shelter
UNHCR is deeply saddened at the loss of life and immense suffering caused by the massive fire in the Kutupalong Balukali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Better access to water improves lives for refugees and their hosts in Zimbabwe camp
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners have improved water supply at Tongogara camp, in a project funded by the African Development Bank.
Fear and loss stalk Mozambicans fleeing insurgent violence
Some 670,000 people forced from their homes in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province in a crisis that has failed to hold the world’s attention.
High Commissioner’s Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
A message from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Over the past year, we’ve witnessed the deadly impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Armed attacks kill hundreds, displace 40,000 civilians in northeast DR Congo
UNHCR is warning about an increase in the number of attacks by an armed group on civilians in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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