News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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“Now we have room to speak. But we still have a long way to go.”
UNHCR’s Juliette Murekeyisoni reflects on progress and setbacks for displaced women and girls since a landmark conference in 1995.
2020 Nansen Refugee Award spotlights child survivors of sexual exploitation
Mayerlín has spent decades helping rehabilitate survivors of childhood sexual exploitation. Around half of those she serves are Venezuelan refugees and migrants.
Maintain aid levels to save lives and protect the vulnerable, UN refugee chief
During the pandemic, sustaining aid will mitigate marginalization that will be more costly to address later, Filippo Grandi tells high-level meeting.
UNHCR launches new portal with verified higher education opportunities for refugees
UNHCR has launched a first-of-its kind platform providing verified information on higher education programs available to refugees
As COVID-19 pandemic roils Latin America, Venezuelans face wave of evictions
Lockdown job losses make it impossible for many vulnerable Venezuelan refugees and migrants to keep a roof over their heads.
A Syrian refugee returns to entrepreneurial roots in Canada
As the temperatures plunge, the checklist of items needed to stay warm surges. Thousands are in urgent need of winter assistance.
Colombian child rights defender wins UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award
This year’s laureate of the Nansen Refugee Award is an educator who has spent more than 20 years rescuing sexually exploited and trafficked children.
Hardships multiply for older refugees amid COVID-19 pandemic
Physical decline, deepening economic hardship and isolation make life tougher for older people, who comprise 4% of the forcibly displaced population worldwide.
Colombian woman devotes life to helping sexually exploited children heal
Mayerlín Vergara Pérez of Colombia wins Nansen Refugee Award for her work helping young survivors of sexual violence, many of them refugees.
UN agencies hail milestone as over 1000 asylum seekers relocated from Greece so far this year through EU initiative
The Government of Greece, together with UN agencies welcomed the relocation of 139 asylum seekers to Germany, bringing the total number to over 1,000.
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