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![UNHCR seeks safe options to perilous refugee journeys](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MOAS-Jason-Florio-mediterranean-refugee-rescue-2.jpg)
UNHCR seeks safe options to perilous refugee journeys
The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for US$421 million in funding to provide alternatives to a growing number of refugees making dangerous journeys to Europe. PORTO EMPEDOCLE, Italy – Fifteen-year-old Omar is among a ...![UNHCR on CTV News: Haiti Refugees Seek Asylum in Quebec](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jnb-ctv-news.png)
UNHCR on CTV News: Haiti Refugees Seek Asylum in Quebec
Jean-Nicolas Beuze Discusses Haiti Refugees Situation UNHCR Canadian Representative Jean-Nicolas Beuze was interviewed by CTV News on Friday, to address the situation at the Lacolle border in Quebec where hundreds of asylum seekers of Haitian origin have ...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 ...![Family torn apart by war in Syria find sanctuary in Greece](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/28022017-Achilleas-Zavallis-1.jpg)
Family torn apart by war in Syria find sanctuary in Greece
After losing a son and her husband back in Syria, Falak fled with her two surviving sons. Now, they have finally found a space to heal in Greece. Falak Kourini lost a son and ...UNHCR Alarmed at Impact of U.S. Refugee Program Suspension
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States. ...UNHCR on US Government announcement of its intention to build a wall at its border with Mexico
25 JANUARY 2017 “UNHCR has taken note of the announcement by the US Government of its intention to build a wall at the border with its neighbour, Mexico. UNHCR will closely follow the impact ...![A tough road north for Central American children](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/UNHCR-Tito-Herrera-La-T%C3%A9cnica-Guatemala1.jpg)
A tough road north for Central American children
Fleeing gang violence in El Salvador and Honduras, children risk abuse, smugglers and drug cartels in a desperate trek in search of safety. Nine-year-old Carlos and four-year-old Susana sit on the banks of the ...![UNHCR moves 1,100 out of tents, beating first snow of winter](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/UNHCR-Christos-Tolis1.jpg)
UNHCR moves 1,100 out of tents, beating first snow of winter
The United Nations Refugee Agency has arranged 19,500 places in apartments, hotels and with host families throughout Greece for relocation candidates and vulnerable asylum-seekers. ATHENS, Greece – Iraq refugee Kheri Mando Sliman, relieved to ...![UNHCR calls for stronger EU action on refugees](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104044im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/UNHCRAchilleasZavallis-2.jpg)