UNHCR

• UN preparing for 120K refugees in Armenia after Nagorno-Karabakh takeover

  Over 88,000 people have crossed into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh and the total could reach 120,000, said a U.N. refugee agency official on Friday.

  World

  Sep 29, 2023
  
• UN seeks greater refugee support from Canada amid ‘enormous’ global needs

  The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2023
  
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• 26 Rohingya refugees died making ‘dangerous journey’ by sea: UN

  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that survivors told the agency that 26 people died during the long journey at sea.

  World

  Dec 27, 2022
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• Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia after weeks at sea: ‘Dehydration and exhaustion’

  A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Monday after weeks at sea, officials said.

  World

  Dec 26, 2022
• Newborn Canadian baby boy rescued from Kyiv amid Russian attacks

  Baby Aari, who was birthed by a Ukrainian surrogate, was recovered from a clinic in Ukraine by a U.S. rescue group Friday and united with his parents near the Polish border.

  World

  Mar 20, 2022
• Lviv, Ukraine: Train station serves as hub for Europe’s worst refugee crisis since WWII

  More than 2 million refugees have now fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UNHCR said Tuesday.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2022
• Edmonton-raised soccer star Alphonso Davies becomes UNHCR goodwill ambassador

  Alphonso Davies has already made his mark on the soccer pitch. Now the young Bayern Munich star is expanding his reach.

  World

  Mar 24, 2021
• What happened to… Alan Kurdi and the Syrian refugee crisis

  On this episode of the Global News podcast 'Whatever Happened To…?', journalist Erica Vella revisits the story of Alan Kurdi and the Syrian refugee crisis.

  World

  Feb 25, 2021
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• ‘Nobody’s talking about it:’ B.C. man’s mission to raise awareness about the crisis in Yemen

  It's considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, but few people even know it's happening says one B.C. man.

  World

  Dec 4, 2020
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• After spectacular season, soccer’s Alphonso Davies keen to improve, fight to get Canada into World Cup

  One week before the new Bundesliga soccer season gets underway in Germany, Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies told reporters he's working on getting even better for his Bayern Munich team.

  Sports

  Sep 12, 2020