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Khaled Hosseini Visits a Refugee Camp in Uganda
By Khaled Hosseini, award-winning author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Looking over the shoulder of Gladys, a young South Sudanese refugee flicking through a frayed album of old family photos, my mind flashes back to ...![Mother Opani and daughter find safety in Uganda](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/RF294007_20170307-1326-_DAZ8167-DA-2.jpg)
Mother Opani and daughter find safety in Uganda
When Opani Lilias was met by UNHCR aid workers at the Ugandan border, she had been walking for a week straight with her daughter Brenda swaddled to her chest. Carrying only a small suitcase, ...![Freed Iraqi Yazidi boy settles into new life in Canada](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/unhcr-zachary-prong-yazidi-refugee-canada.jpg)
Freed Iraqi Yazidi boy settles into new life in Canada
After three years in captivity, 13-year-old Emad is reunited with his mother and siblings in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Canada: Annie Sakkab, August 2017. Thirteen-year-old Emad Tammo sits in his new home surrounded by his mother ...![Freed Yazidi boy joins his mother in Canada](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/unhcr-andrea-dicenzo-yazidi-refugee-canada-2.jpg)
Freed Yazidi boy joins his mother in Canada
After being held captive by armed groups in Iraq for three years, 13-year-old Emad reunites with his mother in Winnipeg with UNHCR help. Iraq: Cathy Otten, August 2017 Emad was kidnapped three years ago ...![Child refugee grows up to become family doctor](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sameena-1080x664.png)
Child refugee grows up to become family doctor
When Sameena and her Ugandan Asian family needed a place of safety, Canada stepped up. Now a doctor, she cares for families in her adoptive home. In 1972, under orders from then President Idi ...Tearful reunion for Yazidi boy and family in Winnipeg
The UNHCR Representative in Canada, Jean-Nicolas Beuze has praised Canada’s work on refugee resettlement today as a Yazidi boy has been reunited with his family in Winnipeg after three years’ separation. Emad Mishko Tamo ...![Through the Eyes of a Refugee](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/unhcr-hany-1080x675.jpg)
Through the Eyes of a Refugee
Being legally blind hasn’t stopped a young Syrian refugee from embracing a new life in Canada. For someone who’s only 22, Hany Al Moulia has faced more than a lifetime of challenges. He’s legally ...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 ...![Over one million children flee South Sudan](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926110416im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/RF294216_20170309-1709-_DAZ0300-DA-1-1080x675.jpg)