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UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
UNHCR trains Canadian officials dealing with refugees
4 Feb 2009 UNHCR trains Canadian government staff in Toronto on refugee protection. This will help ensure asylum needs are not overwhelmed by migration issues. -
Q&A: Canada's IRB marks 20 years of helping refugees
16 Jan 2009 Brian Goodman discusses the work of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, a close UNHCR working partner which he has headed since 2007. -
A childhood of rape and exploitation ends mercifully with a new life in Canada
31 Dec 2008 For one young Iraqi refugee, sold into sexual slavery by her own father, resettlement in Canada proves the key to a better future. -
Overshadowed by displacement in Sri Lanka's north, people return home in the east
6 Nov 2008 While global attention has been focused on the hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent weeks, UNHCR is helping other displaced people in the east to go back and rebuild their homes. -
More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal
23 Sep 2008 More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries so far this year. The United States has accepted the largest numbers. -
UNHCR deeply concerned about newly displaced in Sri Lanka's north
8 Aug 2008 As the conflict intensifies in northern Sri Lanka, the UN refugee agency has called for urgent steps to ensure the protection of thousands of displaced families and unhindered passage for humanitarian aid. -
Canadians' shoes are on the other foot now - in Rwanda
6 Aug 2008 Refugee children in far-off Rwanda will now be able to walk comfortably to school thanks to shoes donated by Canadians. -
Winnipeg's refugee rapper with a mission
14 Jul 2008 Former refugee Samuel Mijok Lang, drawing on his history as a Sudanese Lost Boy, uses rap to inspire the young and bridge cultural differences in Canada.