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UNHCR appalled at news of refugee and migrant deaths on Mediterranean Sea

Jan 19, 2019 | Featured Story, Press Release

UNHCR is deeply saddened at emerging reports of an estimated 170 people who either died or went missing in two separate shipwrecks on the Mediterranean Sea.

Storm Norma brings misery to Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Jan 12, 2019 | Featured Story, News Releases

One dead and more than 11,000 affected by days of heavy rain and high winds from Storm Norma, with hundreds of refugees forced to abandon their homes.

UNHCR Statement on Canada’s resettlement of Saudi national Rahaf al-Qunun

Jan 11, 2019 | News Releases

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency welcomes the expected arrival in Canada of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun and the decision of the Canadian Government to provide international protection and a long-term solution for her there as a resettled refugee. The quick actions over the...