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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.
First UNHCR relief flight lands in Mozambique
A plane carrying relief items from UNHCR landed early Wednesday morning in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo to support people affected by the Cyclone Idai.
UNHCR prepares to send aid to Cyclone Idai survivors in Zimbabwe
UNHCR is working to dispatch emergency relief items to help refugees who lost their homes in parts of Zimbabwe devastated by Cyclone Idai.
UNHCR’s Bathoul Ahmed describes some of the horrors she has witnessed while working in war-torn Yemen.
Yemen is the world’s worst ongoing humanitarian disaster. There are so many layers to the suffering, made worse by massive displacement.
‘Water was a curse then. Now, water is a blessing’
UNHCR and its partners are using solar power to help provide safe, clean water to thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
UNHCR rushing staff, supplies to assist people affected by Cyclone Idai
UNHCR is working with governments and partners in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to provide relief to the survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Idai.
Thousands are fleeing mass gang violence in the North of Central America
Violence in the North of Central America region, which includes the countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, has reached a crisis point.
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