News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Refugee athlete takes part in Tokyo Marathon 2020
Yonas Kinde, a refugee athlete living in Luxembourg, has been selected as an elite runner for the Tokyo Marathon for the first time in the event’s history.
More Cameroonian refugees flee to Nigeria, bringing total arrivals close to 60,000 mark
Almost 8,000 Cameroonian refugees have fled to Nigeria’s eastern and southern states of Taraba and Cross Rivers over the past fortnight.
Refugees and communities bank on a brighter future in Pakistan
The need for greater solidarity with Afghan refugees and their hosts is to be discussed at two-day conference in Pakistan this month.
Four decades and counting: An urgent need to rekindle hope for millions of Afghan refugees
UNHCR is calling on the world not to let hope fade for millions of displaced Afghans, impacted by more than four decades of unrest in Afghanistan
UNHCR alarmed about worsening conditions for newly displaced in eastern DRC
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by the worsening situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern Beni Territory
Newly displaced in Syria in urgent need of protection, shelter
UNHCR is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of civilians in north-west Syria. The humanitarian crisis is becoming increasingly desperate
Viral video captures emotional Syrian refugee family reunion at Winnipeg airport
Viral video captures the emotional Syrian refugee family reunion with a relative at Winnipeg airport, after three years of separation.
UNHCR calls for decisive action to end alarming conditions on Aegean islands
UNHCR is urging Greece to intensify efforts to address alarming overcrowding and precarious conditions on the five Greek Aegean islands
Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee
UNHCR is boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province where recent escalation of violence forced thousands to flee for their lives.
“The Cave” documents doctor’s heroic fight to save lives in Syria
Award-winning documentary “The Cave” follows a female-led team caring for patients in a subterranean hospital in Syria.
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