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We bring you the most up-to-date information from UNHCR Canada through news releases.
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In Tanzania, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more backing for solutions as the country continues to host refugees
High Commissioner urges more donor support for solutions and praises progress in refugee protection in Tanzania.
UNHCR appeals for renewed support and solutions for Rohingya refugees
This week marks five years since more than 700,000 Rohingya women, men and children fled Myanmar for Bangladesh.
UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law
Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children
One million people displaced by drought in Somalia
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, with 1 million people now registered as displaced within the country
Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DR Congo
This is a summary of what was said by Director of UNHCR’s Division for External Relations, Dominique Hyde – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Durable solutions required for Syrian refugees in Jordan as Za’atari camp turns 10
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative Dominik Bartsch at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
To support trafficking victims, UNHCR urges more protection services in Africa
Protection services are severely lacking for refugees and migrants traveling from the Sahel and Horn of Africa toward North Africa and Europe
UNHCR highlights key concerns for refugee health amid record displacement
Despite troubling rates of malnutrition, gains were noted in the inclusion of refugees in national health policies
LA Lakers’ Wenyen Gabriel visits homeland of South Sudan with UNHCR, to ‘speak up for refugees and displaced people everywhere’
LA Lakers’ Power Forward and former refugee Wenyen Gabriel is in South Sudan visiting his home for the first time since being resettled
UNHCR gravely concerned by death toll of displaced in DR Congo’s east
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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