News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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‘We all miss home, but we cannot go back to the same fear’
Three years after she fled to Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee Nur Ayna shares her memories of Myanmar and hopes for the future.
‘I like the responsibility and I’m happy to be able to give back’
UNHCR has more than 17,300 staff, most of whom are based in the field. Meet Luis Jose Faife, a driver in Mozambique.
UN refugee chief pledges support for people of Beirut on visit to city
UNHCR is working to help those affected by the 4 August explosion in Beirut, including local Lebanese and refugees.
IOM, UNHCR call for urgent action after 45 die in largest recorded shipwreck off Libya coast in 2020
IOM and UNHCR are deeply saddened by the tragic death of at least 45 migrants and refugees on 17 August, in a shipwreck near Libya.
UNHCR chief praises aid workers battling multiple crises
On World Humanitarian Day, UNHCR Chief Filippo Grandi honours the ‘depth of commitment’ to a role made ‘significantly harder’ by COVID-19.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Lebanon, as UNHCR ramps up support to Lebanese and refugees alike
Filippo Grandi is in Beirut starting a visit to support and listen to the plight of all those affected by the devastating blast.
Mounting violence forces one million to flee homes in Burkina Faso
Escalating violence has now driven more than one million people from their homes in Burkina Faso, 453,000 since the start of the year.
UNHCR mobilizes aid for Beirut in aftermath of deadly blast
Agency channels US$35 million in emergency funds to worst-affected by explosion, focusing on shelter and protection in Beirut.
UNHCR applauds Canada’s commitment to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers working on COVID-19 frontlines
UNHCR welcomes Canada’s announcement to open pathways to permanent residency for asylum-seekers in the healthcare sector.
More progress on statelessness in Central Asia as Turkmenistan becomes latest country to champion universal birth registration
We welcome a new law in Turkmenistan (Central Asia) which helps ensure that children born in the country will have their births registered.
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