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Our newsroom aims to bring you important information from around the world, including breaking news, Canada refugee news, refugee stories, compelling videos, the latest stats and more.
Our frequent updates from our staff in the field, about our work, and the people we help, play an important role in keeping staff, media, the public and our donors informed.
Gillian Triggs appointed UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has welcomed the appointment of Ms. Gillian Triggs as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection to oversee the agency’s international protection work.
Amidst escalating violence in Mali, UNHCR issues new protection guidelines
In light of the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Mali, UNHCR is urging States to provide protection to people fleeing conflict-affected areas.
More than half a million Rohingya refugees receive identity documents, most for the first time
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been registered in a joint registration exercise by the Bangladesh authorities and UNHCR
Indigenous people from Venezuela seek safety across the border in Brazil
After violence broke out in their native Venezuela, hundreds of members of the Pemon indigenous group fled to a village across the border in Brazil
Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless
Colombia has taken a major step in combatting statelessness by ensuring that children born in the country to Venezuelan parents can acquire Colombian nationality.
UNHCR concerned at new measures impacting rescue at sea in the Central Mediterranean
UNHCR is concerned about last night’s decision by the Italian Parliament to convert into law a security decree that imposes more severe penalties on boats and people conducting search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.
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