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Sisters with a Message: Our music will go where our feet can’t reach
As refugees in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, the four Bahati sisters released a debut single entitled “Don’t Give Up.”
UNHCR on target to deliver 2,410 tons of aid for Iraqi displaced
GENEVA, August 22 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said a massive aid push for some 500,000 displaced Iraqis was going to plan, with a second airlift of aid to Erbil and more flights due today and tomorrow. The operation began on Wednesday and a second flight...
Russia speeds up asylum procedures as Ukrainian influx continues
ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation, August 21 (UNHCR) - Before Ukraine's secession crisis erupted in February, the Federal Migration Service office in St. Petersburg handled 120 asylum applications a year, mainly from Asians and Africans. Today, Ukrainians are...
Refugees and Human Rights Student Poetry Contest
There were two categories for entry submissions in each language: English: Category 1: Grades 7 – 9 The winners of this category were: 1st place - Claire Lauzon, Gr. 9, Canterbury High School, Ottawa, ON 2nd place - Krista Hum, Gr. 9, Canterbury High School, Ottawa,...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees to visit Canada
May 28-30, 2014 - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres will start his official visit in Canada on Tuesday 27 May 2014, for a three-day visit at the invitation of the Government of Canada. High Commissioner Guterres, who has also been invited to...
A generous spirit of volunteerism: a Montreal student takes matters into her own hands
OTTAWA, Canada, January 17 (UNHCR) - After several months of helplessly watching the horrors in Syria unfold on the media, 26-years old Mahzad Sharifahmadian, a PhD candidate in Biochemistry at the University of Montreal, decided to take matters into her own hands. ...
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