News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
These are some of the ways that UNHCR staff, people forced to flee and supporters are taking action to stay smart, stay safe and stay kind amidst COVID-19.
Refugee nurse on the front line against coronavirus in Iran
After earning a nursing degree on a UNHCR scholarship, Iraqi nurse Moheyman is working tirelessly to assist Iranians and fellow refugees in current COVID-19 crisis.
UNHCR warns chronic lack of resources contributing to new crisis in Burkina Faso
UNHCR has warned more lives are at a risk in Burkina Faso’s Centre Nord and Sahel regions where hundreds of thousands of displaced people
UNHCR stepping up coronavirus prevention measures for displaced across East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa
UNHCR is ramping up efforts to increase capacity to prevent, treat and limit the potential spread of COVID-19 among refugee communities across the East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa
Sony provides the first major corporate contribution to UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Sony Corporation’s announcement of establishing “Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19”, through which a US$3 million contribution will be made to help protect refugees from the threat of this pandemic.
Libya: humanitarian crisis worsening amid deepening conflict and COVID-19 threat
One year since the launch of a military offensive in Tripoli, Libya, fighting is further worsening with COVID-19 now bringing new threats, warns UNHCR
Scouts take refugee solidarity online during coronavirus crisis
The worldwide movement of Scouts has long supported UNHCR. Now that support is being renewed and deepened, even in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
UNHCR expresses alarm over insecurity in Burkina Faso
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today expressed alarm over growing insecurity in Burkina Faso, where hundreds of thousands of people have already been driven from their homes and now face the added uncertainty brought by the arrival of the new coronavirus.
Insecurity in Burkina Faso forces thousands of Malian refugees to leave camp
UNHCR remains extremely alarmed at growing insecurity in Burkina Faso, which is driving thousands of people out of their homes every day.
Syrian refugees adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown in Jordan camps
While there have been no cases of COVID-19 so far, UNHCR is helping some 120,000 Syrian refugees living in the region’s largest camps do what they can to mitigate the threat.
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