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Press Release: 1 million South Sudan refugees in Uganda
South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark Geneva, 17.08.2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for the South Sudan refugee ...Refugees Chief records special #Canada150 message
High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, recognizes the great contribution of Canada in solidarity with refugees over the past 150 years of confederation. Home » Press ...World Refugee Day Statement: High Commissioner for Refugees
20 June, 2017 On June 20, World Refugee Day, we honour the resilience and courage of more than 65 million people who have been forced to flee war, persecution and violence. But it’s also ...![Forced displacement worldwide at its highest in decades](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103744im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/unhcr-diana-diaz.jpg)
Forced displacement worldwide at its highest in decades
War, violence and persecution have uprooted more men, women and children around the world than at any time in the seven-decade history of UNHCR according to a report published today. The UN Refugee Agency’s ...![Over one million children flee South Sudan](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103744im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/RF294216_20170309-1709-_DAZ0300-DA-1-1080x675.jpg)
Over one million children flee South Sudan
JUBA/GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 8 May 2017 – More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today. “The horrifying fact ...![Canada’s 2016 Record High Level of Resettlement Praised by UNHCR](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103744im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shamsa_family.jpg)
Canada’s 2016 Record High Level of Resettlement Praised by UNHCR
OTTAWA, Canada, April 24 (UNHCR) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) praised Canada today for providing solutions to the plight of a record 46,700 refugees through their resettlement ...Joint Press Release calling for an end to the immigration detention of children in Canada
OTTAWA, Canada, April 12 (UNHCR) – Following the roundtable today on Parliament Hill discussing the immigration detention of children, Senator Mobina Jaffer and Senator Victor Oh joined forces with the United Nations High Commissioner ...![Government of Uganda, UNHCR on South Sudan refugee situation](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103744im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RF2107198__MG_8541-1080x675.jpg)