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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 ...![“A promise is a man’s honour” – The Procyk’s Journey to Canada](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111127im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/p2-1-1080x675.jpg)
“A promise is a man’s honour” – The Procyk’s Journey to Canada
A daughter describes her father’s journey from Polish immigrant to successful farmer in Wilsonville, Ontario. By Christine Wheeler My father William Procyk was six years old when his family made the journey from Poland ...![Khaled Hosseini Visits a Refugee Camp in Uganda](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111127im_/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/20170926111127im_/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/20170926111127im_/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/20170926111127im_/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 ...![Child refugee grows up to become family doctor](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111127im_/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 ...![UNHCR seeks safe options to perilous refugee journeys](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111127im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MOAS-Jason-Florio-mediterranean-refugee-rescue-2.jpg)