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UNHCR welcomes Morneau Shepell’s renewed partnership to educate and empower refugee girls in Kakuma Camp

Apr 25, 2016 | Press Release

OTTAWA, April 25, 2016 – UNHCR welcomes Morneau Shepell’s renewed commitment to provide secondary education to refugee girls in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Morneau Shepell, UNHCR’s largest corporate donor in Canada, announced today a contribution in...

UNHCR on EU-Turkey deal: Asylum safeguards must prevail in implementation

Mar 18, 2016 | Press Release

UNHCR notes today’s agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the situation of refugees and migrants seeking to make their way to Europe. We recognize the shared need of countries to find properly managed solutions to this situation. Indeed UNHCR has on...

Syria conflict at 5 years: the biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time demands a huge surge in solidarity

Mar 15, 2016 | Press Release

As Syria’s war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the 5-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its victims is failing to match and reflect the scale and seriousness of the humanitarian tragedy....

IKEA Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign raises 30.8 million euros for renewable energy sources for refugee families

Jan 18, 2016 | Press Release

GENEVA, 18.01.16—IKEA Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign raises 30.8 million euros for renewable energy sources for refugee families IKEA’s global campaign has raised 30.8 million euros for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide light and renewable energy sources...

10,000th Syrian refugee arrives in Canada to rebuild life

Jan 14, 2016 | News Releases, Press Release

UNHCR congratulates Canada on the arrival in the country of the 10,000th Syrian refugee as part of its humanitarian program to admit 25,000 Syrian refugees. The 10,000th Syrian refugee arrived on Canadian soil on 12 January. Reaching such a significant milestone in...

UNHCR applauds Canada’s response to the Syrian crisis

Nov 27, 2015 | Press Release

OTTAWA, Nov. 27, 2015 – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is extremely grateful to the People and the Government of Canada for their generous contribution of 100 million Canadian dollars in support of emergency relief...

IKEA stores around the world to raise funds to brighten lives for refugees

Nov 23, 2015 | Press Release

The IKEA Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign returns to over 40 countries to raise millions of euros for refugees. Between November 29 and December 19, for every LED product sold in all IKEA stores and online, the IKEA Foundation will donate Є1 to help UNHCR, the UN...

UNHCR hails Canada’s pledge to take another 25,000 Syria refugees

Nov 10, 2015 | Press Release

UNHCR today welcomed the announcement by the Government of Canada to take in a further 25,000 Syrian refugees through humanitarian admission programmes by the end of 2015. “This is a huge gesture of solidarity with the Syrian people and the countries...

UNHCR warns of looming refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico

Oct 28, 2015 | Press Release

Washington, D.C., 28 October 2015 (UNHCR)—Women in Central America and Mexico are fleeing their countries in rising numbers to escape a surge in deadly, unchecked gang violence, fuelling a looming refugee crisis in the Americas that demands urgent and concerted action...

UNHCR urges Europe to change course on refugee crisis

Sep 17, 2015 | Press Release

UNHCR reiterates its deep conviction that only a united European emergency response can address the present refugee and migration crisis. Individual measures by individual countries will not solve the problem but will make an already chaotic situation worse, further...