Why thousands of children in Central America are forced to flee
By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Canada Representative Last fall, I travelled to Honduras, meeting children sheltered in a project supported by UNHCR. To break the ice, I asked what you might ask any teen: “What’s your dream when you grow up?” To my surprise, quite a few...
LGBTQ2 refugee activist spreads message of tolerance and equality
By Biko Beauttah, as told to Fiona Irvine-Goulet Biko Beauttah arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2006 as an asylum seeker. Beauttah is transgender, and in her native Kenya, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning...
“Canada’s responsibility to refugees globally must not falter”
Note to readers: This opinion piece was originally published in The Hill Times on 20 Dec 2017. Reprinted with permission. By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Canada representative Just a little over two years ago, three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s tragic death on a Turkish beach...