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![South Sudanese teenager dreams of taking to the skies](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/59b7b5e53-1.jpg)
South Sudanese teenager dreams of taking to the skies
Nyahok Reath has her heart set on becoming a pilot and she is determined to complete her education to achieve her ambition. Nyahok Reath was a star pupil at her primary school in South ...![Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BLOG1-2.jpg)
Elderly Rohingya rely on families to carry them to safety
The old and sick are among the most vulnerable of the estimated 370,000 Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar. Many are carried to Bangladesh by relatives. This is not how Mabia Khatun, 75, imagined ...![Khaled Hosseini Visits a Refugee Camp in Uganda](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/RF298126_201704051438-Uganda-JMC_3190-1080x675.jpg)
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/20170926103655im_/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, ...![Shelter urgently needed for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/unhcr-vivian-tan-kutupalong-camp-bangladesh-rohingya-2.jpg)
Shelter urgently needed for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence
Officials warn of ‘true crisis’ as an estimated 73,000 Rohingya seek safety in already strained Bangladesh refugee camps. KUTUPALONG CAMP, Bangladesh – Barefoot and running for her life, Rohingya Dilara, 20, reached Bangladesh in ...![Freed Iraqi Yazidi boy settles into new life in Canada](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/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/20170926103655im_/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 ...![Remembering Alan Kurdi: we must do more to protect refugees](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Alan-Kurdi-email-image-Yante-Ismail-2-1-966x675.jpg)
Remembering Alan Kurdi: we must do more to protect refugees
Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR Representative in Canada, writes on the second anniversary of the death of Alan Kurdi with a question; as the world moves on and the headlines fade, have we done enough to ...![Statement on two-year anniversary of death of Alan Kurdi](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926103655im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Alan-Kurdi-email-image-Yante-Ismail-2-1-966x675.jpg)