News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Young artists drew a world where kindness defeats COVID-19 – We animated it
UNHCR asked youth to draw in solidarity with refugees amid the pandemic. We received 2,000 drawings from 100 countries, and brought them to life.
Winners announced for UNHCR Youth with Refugees Art Contest
UNHCR announced the winners of its first-ever Youth with Refugees Art Contest. More than 2,000 participants from 100 countries submitted drawings.
Afghan doctor helps refugees fight COVID-19, one phone call at a time
Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, Afghan refugee Fezzeh Hosseini has been working tirelessly to help local and Afghan patients.
‘With this law, I will finally get a sense of how it is to exist’
A new statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gives stateless people without identity documents the right to work, study and access health care.
UNHCR welcomes new Ukrainian statelessness law set to end legal limbo for thousands
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes a new statelessness law in Ukraine which came into effect this week. It iwill help those who are stateless.
UNHCR helps re-open health centre during lockdown in Libya
With new equipment and training, the facility in Libya provides free healthcare and protection services to a population of 30,000.
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on U.S. asylum changes
UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, is concerned about planned changes to the asylum system in the United States of America.
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
UNHCR and WFP are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters threaten to leave millions of refugees across Africa without food.
As South Sudan turns nine, its people remain committed to peace
Despite fears of an uncertain future, citizens of the world’s youngest nation cling to the hope of a peaceful South Sudan.
UN agencies welcome latest relocations of unaccompanied children from Greece, call for further action and solidarity
IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF today welcomed the latest relocations of 49 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children from Greece to Portugal and Finland.
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