News Releases
We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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News comment: UNHCR voices concern over removal of Rohingya refugees outside its office in New Delhi, India
UNHCR is concerned about 88 Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers who were taken away by the law enforcement authorities from the front of our office in New Delhi.
IOM, UNHCR: Latest Mediterranean tragedy underscores need for search and rescue
The IOM and UNHCR are deeply saddened by the latest loss of life in the Central Mediterranean, after two boats capsized off Tunisia’s shores on 9 March.
UNHCR concerned by Hungary’s latest measures affecting access to asylum
UNHCR deplores the recent decision of the Hungarian government to extend a decree that authorizes the police to automatically and summarily remove anyone intercepted for irregular entry and stay.
UNHCR mourns death of former staff member, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is saddened by the passing of former Special Representative of the African Union in Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira of Burundi.
COVID-19 pandemic worsening gender inequalities for refugee women and girls
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls.
WFP, UNHCR appeal for funding for over 3 million refugees hit by ration cuts in Eastern Africa
UNHCR and WFP appealed for US$266 million to end food ration cuts for over 3 million refugees in Eastern Africa.
Surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger
UNHCR is alarmed at surging violence in north-west Nigeria which has fuelled displacement into neighbouring Niger’s Maradi region.
UNHCR to relocate thousands of Central African refugees to safer locations
UNHCR is working to relocate thousands of Central African refugees away from dangerous conditions into safer sites further into the interior.
UNHCR seeks urgent access to detained asylum-seekers in Tanzania
UNHCR is deeply concerned by a series of messages of distress it has been receiving from a group of 10 asylum–seekers currently in a detention facility in Tanzania.
UNHCR seeks US$164 million for displaced Central Africans
With no end in sight to the violence fuelling the displacement crisis, nearly a third of the Central African Republic’s population of 4.7 million have been forced to flee.
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Media Contact
Gisele Nyembwe
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E: nyembwe@unhcr.org
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