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UNHCR protection chief meets resettled refugees in Canada
15 Nov 2007 Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller learns about the challenges of integration in Canada. -
Canadian-made refugee awareness campaign aims to shock
14 May 2007 The UN refugee agency is running a provocative international advertising campaign that employs shock tactics to raise awareness about its work and drum up public support for refugees. -
Group of 153 refugees leave Malawi for new lives in Denmark
29 Mar 2007 A group of 153 refugees have started leaving Malawi for their new homes in Denmark. Danish officials selected the Burundian and Congolese refugees late last year from cases presented by UNHCR. Most were victims of the violence that has plagued their home regions or were at continuing risk. -
UNHCR and Danish Refugee Council pledge closer collaboration
26 Feb 2007 The UN refugee agency and the Danish Refugee Council, one of the top non-governmental organisations working for refugees and displaced people worldwide, sign a formal agreement to strengthen their existing cooperation and support each other's work. -
Ruling highlights problems skilled refugees face finding work in Canada
17 Jan 2007 After a 13-year legal battle, former refugee Fatima Siadat earlier this month moved a step closer to winning the right to teach in the Canadian province of Ontario. Her case is being watched closely by others facing difficulty having their qualifications recognised. -
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.