News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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Skilled refugees in Canada call pilot program ‘life-changing’; 94% would recommend it to others
A recent UNHCR study shows that an innovative Canadian pilot program offers a life-changing opportunity for refugees while helping meet critical labour needs across Canada.
Around 1 million refugees access legal routes to safety and brighter futures over five years
Nearly 1 million people from eight countries with high asylum recognition rates were offered entry permits into 38 destination countries via work, family and study permits between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report, OECD-UNHCR: Safe Pathways for Refugees, released today.
UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled in just over two years of deadly conflict.
Escalating conflict in South Sudan forces many thousands to flee just as aid dwindles
Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months, seeking safety both within the country and across borders and deepening an already dire humanitarian situation across the region, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned on Tuesday.
UNHCR fears extreme desperation led to deaths of 427 Rohingya at sea
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about reports of two boat tragedies off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with estimates that 427 Rohingya perished at sea.
UNHCR: New displacement and funding squeeze intensify Mozambique crisis
Over 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by the armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought.
UNHCR: Mass returns push Afghanistan to brink as aid dwindles
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are responding to the mass return of Afghans, even as funding is drastically reduced. Over 3 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring countries since September 2023.
Costa Rica’s solidarity with refugees threatened by major funding cuts, warns UNHCR
As humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, due to continuing displacement from Nicaragua, a 41 per cent funding cut is seriously impacting the ability of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide assistance to forcibly displaced people in the country.
UNHCR and partners urgently seek funding as Congolese refugee numbers soar
As the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo worsens, UNHCR and 107 partners are appealing for $781 million to provide urgent support in 2025 to over 1 million Congolese refugees and asylum-seekers in neighboring countries and local communities across seven countries.
UNHCR warns of soaring protection needs amid Sudanese influx to Chad from Darfur
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned by the rapidly increasing number of Sudanese refugees crossing into eastern Chad, with nearly 20,000 people – mostly exhausted and traumatized women and children – arriving in the past two weeks alone.
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