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From Jordan's harsh Ruweished desert camp to a new life in Ottawa
11 Jan 2007 Labiba Eisa and her family have moved from one extreme to another. After more than three years of uncertainty and suffering in a harsh desert camp in Jordan, they were resettled early last month in the wintry climes of Canada -
Star-crossed Angolan refugee begins a new life in Canada
4 Sep 2006 Angolan refugee Christine Dimfueni has had a hard life, losing both parents when she was young, suffering the death of a child and seeing her husband murdered. Today, she is looking forward to a better life in Canada, where she was resettled earlier this year under a UNHCR programme. -
Canadian programme gives hope to Afghan refugees in Central Asia
14 Jun 2006 More than 2,700 Afghan refugees in Central Asia have been given a new lease on life in the last two years through the Canadian accelerated resettlement programme in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. -
From Canada to Kabul: Afghan singer seeks to restore music education
15 Aug 2005 Amir Jan Saboori, one of the leading figures in Afghan folk music, has returned from his adopted home in Canada to visit Afghanistan in a bid to start music schools and to safeguard the future of traditional Afghan music. -
Hundreds of Afghans in Tajikistan accepted for resettlement in Canada
18 Nov 2004 Canada has agreed to resettle close to 1,000 Afghan refugees in Tajikistan who seem unlikely to ever be able to return home in safety. They will start moving to their new home early next year. -
Canada offers new lease of life to Afghan refugees in Central Asia
4 Nov 2004 Nearly 2,000 refugees who cannot return to Afghanistan could be resettled in Canada through programmes between UNHCR and the Canadian government in Central Asian host countries like Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. -
Afghan refugees leave Kyrgyzstan for new life in Canada
12 Jul 2004 Under a landmark group resettlement plan, the first of 525 Afghan refugees have arrived in Canada from Kyrgyzstan. This sets an example for the possible resettlement of other, often well-educated, Afghan refugees who cannot go home from exile in Central Asia. -
UNHCR hails 10th anniversary of Canada's Guidelines on gender-related persecution
7 Mar 2003 On International Women's Day, the UN refugee agency pays tribute to Canada's leadership in recognising the particular protection needs of refugee women. The Canadian Guidelines have made it clear that the kinds of persecution feared by refugee women fall squarely within the five grounds for refugee status set out in the 1951 Convention - even though gender is not one of the stated grounds. -
Feature: Proposed US-Canada accord sparks debate
3 Sep 2002 The UN refugee agency raises some questions over a bilateral "safe third country" agreement that would require claimants to seek asylum in the first of the two countries they reach. The proposed deal, says UNHCR, could encourage people-smuggling, or cause a backlog of applicants waiting at the border for a decision.