Dec 22, 2017 | Feature Story, News Story
“In this time of unprecedented need, many governments capable of being champions are instead turning their backs on their international obligation to assist refugees,” writes UNHCR Canada representative Jean-Nicolas Beuze.
Nov 24, 2017 | News Story
UNHCR is concerned at the growing number of people resorting to desperate means to flee Myanmar. More than 30 makeshift rafts carrying over 1,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh in the past 10 ...
Oct 30, 2017 | Feature Story, News Story
Mohamad Alsadi says the images of fire-ravaged homes and villages in Myanmar and Rohingya refugees forced to flee to Bangladesh were too much to bear. So Mohamad and his organization Unifor, the country’s largest private sector union, decided to translate their concerns about the Rohingya refugee crisis into concrete action.
Oct 19, 2017 | Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO – UNHCR Canada, the UN Refugee Agency, has received CAD $50,000 from Unifor Social Justice Fund to provide emergency aid to Rohingya refugees. Since late August, more than 580,000 Rohingya ...
Oct 18, 2017 | News Story
UNHCR concerned about humanitarian conditions as the refugees await permission to move away from the border. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the humanitarian conditions of thousands of ...
Oct 11, 2017 | News Story
Smoke rises on the Myanmar side of the border, as seen from Palangkhali in Bangladesh on 5 October 2017 – four days before a fresh influx of refugees arrived via the nearby Anjumanpara border ...
Sep 25, 2017 | News Story
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh—After fleeing flames and gunfire in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee Jane Alam thought danger was behind him in Bangladesh. But as he slept last night in a fragile shelter in a forested area near ...
Aug 22, 2017 | News Story
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 ...
Aug 17, 2017 | Press Release
South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark Geneva, 17.08.2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for the South Sudan refugee ...