![How Honduran street violence threatens children’s education](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/RF2123580_Mariela-and-Cesar.jpg)
How Honduran street violence threatens children’s education
Intimidation by Honduras’ notorious mara gangs makes going to school so dangerous some parents keep their teenagers at home. Intimidation by street gangs in the violent areas of Honduran towns and cities is a ...![Defying screams and gunfire, South Sudanese family flees to safety](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RF2129209_5Y9A4057.jpg)
Defying screams and gunfire, South Sudanese family flees to safety
For four days, Milly Lagu listened to the terrifying sound of gunfire and watched flames rising from neighbouring villages. When soldiers took away her husband on the fifth day, the fear became too much ...![South Sudanese teenager dreams of taking to the skies](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://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 ...![Khaled Hosseini Visits a Refugee Camp in Uganda](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://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/20190218101713im_/https://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, ...![Over one million children flee South Sudan](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://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/20190218101713im_/https://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 ...![Refugees fleeing South Sudan tops 1.5 million](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20190218101713im_/https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/UNHCR-Michele-Sibiloni-ssudanese-refugees-kuluba-transit-centre.jpg)