News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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A Canadian UNHCR staffer responds to the Rohingya crisis
Canadian Louise Aubin has been with UNHCR for over 20 years and is leading UNHCR’s emergency response in Bangladesh where the organization is providing aid to more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees.
The Unwanted: A portrait of the Rohingya refugee crisis
Since August 25, 2017, more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees—most of whom are women and children—have fled to violence in Myanmar. UNHCR has been helping Rohingya refugees for many years in Bangladesh where the majority of have arrived and continues to supply life-saving aid.
Winter cash assistance brings life-saving gift of warmth to Syrian family
For Abu and Um Waleed, the gift of winter cash assistance has brought warmth into their home—in more ways than one.
Winter cash assistance offers Syrian refugees comfort from the cold
A look at how winter cash assistance is providing life-saving aid to a Syrian refugee and her family.
“Canada’s responsibility to refugees globally must not falter”
“In this time of unprecedented need, many governments capable of being champions are instead turning their backs on their international obligation to assist refugees,” writes UNHCR Canada representative Jean-Nicolas Beuze.
Rohingya refugee returns must meet international standards
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR takes note of reports that the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar have reached...
Desperate Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh on flimsy rafts
UNHCR is concerned at the growing number of people resorting to desperate means to flee Myanmar. More than 30 makeshift rafts carrying over 1,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh in the past 10 days and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is concerned at...
UNHCR chief hails Canada as “champion” of refugees
UNHCR’s chief Filippo Grandi has praised Canada for being a “champion” of refugees with its far-sighted and generous resettlement efforts, but in view of a record number of forcibly displaced people worldwide he urged Canadians and others to do even more.
Voice from the field: A UNHCR emergency response coordinator in Bangladesh
UNHCR Emergency Response Coordinator Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams is currently on assignment in Bangladesh, where an estimated 607,000 refugees have streamed across the border from Myanmar. Here is her personal account of a day in the Kutupalong refugee camp and...
UNHCR report exposes the discrimination pervading the life of stateless minorities worldwide
More than 75% of the world’s known stateless populations belong to minority groups, the report notes. Left unaddressed, their protracted marginalization can build resentment, increase fear and, in the most extreme cases, lead to instability, insecurity and...
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