News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Time running out for civilians in Africa’s Sahel region as attacks multiply
UNHCR is alarmed over escalating violence in the Sahel region which has seen hundreds of innocent civilians targeted in recent weeks.
South Sudanese refugees make tippy taps to promote hygiene in DRC camps
A simple yet effective hygiene initiative is helping South Sudanese refugees make their own handwashing devices to fight COVID-19 in the DRC.
As COVID-19 and conflict surge, DR Congo displaced face deadly consequences of chronic underfunding
Massive funding gaps are threatening thousands of lives in the DR Congo, where surging violence and COVID-19 are exacerbating already dire conditions.
Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time
Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in the White Nile State in Sudan.
UNHCR: Help us protect the environment to protect refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, joins the United Nations Environmental Programme in observing World Environment Day on June 5, 2020.
Forests in Guatemala find new guardians: refugees
As rangers in some national parks, refugees and asylum-seekers get a fresh start in Guatemala while protecting threatened plant and animal species.
Syrian electrician gets back on track at German rail network
Syrian refugee Mohammad Alkhalaf is a perfectionist – and that quality has served him well in his training as an electrician with a German rail operator.
News comment by UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs on the UN Secretary-General’s Policy Briefing on People on the Move
News comment by UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection on the UN Secretary-General’s Policy Briefing on People on the Move.
For Yemenis on the brink, aid funding gap spells disaster
Already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, aid cuts due to lack of funds and arrival of COVID-19 put millions of Yemenis at risk.
Malian refugees, local hosts flee after Sunday attack on site in western Niger
More than a thousand people – a mix of Malian refugees, displaced nationals and local host communities – are on the run following a brutal attack in Niger.
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