UNHCR Statement on Canada’s resettlement of Saudi national Rahaf al-Qunun
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...
Gay Refugee from Central America Finds Safety in Canada
Forced to leave everything behind, Marco fled from gangs in Honduras Written by Erla Cabrera in Ottawa, Canada “I left home at an early age because my family didn’t support who I was,” explains 26-year-old Marco. “It was hard for us to get along, for them not to judge...
Syrian refugee receives lifesaving heart treatment in Canada
A refugee father owes his survival to cardiology monitoring offered in Canada Before that day in May 1997 in Daraa, Syria, when he was gripped with severe chest pains, Qaseem Husainy never had any serious health problems and was far from imagining how his heart...