A Canadian UNHCR staffer responds to the Rohingya crisis
By Louise Aubin, as told to Fiona Irvine-Goulet Louise Aubin is the Deputy Director for International Protection at UNHCR’s headquarters in Geneva. The Quebec native is a lawyer who has been with UNHCR for over 20 years, beginning in 1995 as a legal officer for...
The Unwanted: A portrait of the Rohingya refugee crisis
By Fiona Irvine-Goulet Since August 25, 2017, more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar. Most are women and children; many have been beaten, tortured, raped, or have seen their homes and villages burned to the ground. Their loved ones have been...
Voice from the field: A UNHCR emergency response coordinator in Bangladesh
UNHCR Emergency Response Coordinator Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams is currently on assignment in Bangladesh, where an estimated 607,000 refugees have streamed across the border from Myanmar. Here is her personal account of a day in the Kutupalong refugee camp and...