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Child refugee grows up to become family doctor
When Sameena and her Ugandan Asian family needed a place of safety, Canada stepped up. Now a doctor, she cares for families in her adoptive home. In 1972, under orders from then President Idi Amin, all Ugandans of Asian descent were required to leave the country...
UNHCR seeks safe options to perilous refugee journeys
The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for US$421 million in funding to provide alternatives to a growing number of refugees making dangerous journeys to Europe. PORTO EMPEDOCLE, Italy – Fifteen-year-old Omar is among a growing number of Yemenis caught up in a deadly...
Finnish ‘grandmother’ helps troubled toddler find peace
80-year-old Mona took Diana and Azaldeen under her wing, becoming a grandmother figure and helping to bring stability into her new life.
Tearful reunion for Yazidi boy and family in Winnipeg
The UNHCR Representative in Canada, Jean-Nicolas Beuze has praised Canada's work on refugee resettlement today as a Yazidi boy has been reunited with his family in Winnipeg after three years' separation. Emad Mishko Tamo was just 9 years old when he was captured by...
Press Release: 1 million South Sudan refugees in Uganda
South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark Geneva, 17.08.2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for the South Sudan refugee situation and Uganda in particular, where the...
UNHCR on CTV News: Haiti Refugees Seek Asylum in Quebec
Jean-Nicolas Beuze Discusses Haiti Refugees Situation UNHCR Canadian Representative Jean-Nicolas Beuze was interviewed by CTV News on Friday, to address the situation at the Lacolle border in Quebec where hundreds of asylum seekers of Haitian origin have been crossing...
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