Immigration groups are urging the Canadian government to take responsibility for sponsoring a minimum of 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years, ahead of World Refugee Day on Friday. The ...

GENEVA, Dec 11 (UNHCR) - The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed news of the arrival in Canada last night of the first group of Syrian refugees under a recently announced humanitarian programme. The ...

Hundreds of people hoping to help Syrian refugees coming to Surrey, B.C., showed up at a forum connecting them to local service agencies they can contribute to. Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said her ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syrian refugees can be matched with Canadians keen to help them rebuild their lives under a new initiative that aims to aid some of the millions of Syrians ...

TORONTO – Cheers erupted at Toronto’s Pearson airport as two families of Syrian refugees emerged from the arrival gate Wednesday night and came face to face with those whose support brought them to ...

It’s been nearly a full decade since the photograph of a dead refugee child on a Turkish beach caused the world to stop in its tracks and focus its fleeting attention on the 21st century’s most ...

Rohan Mesto stands in front of his sponsor Kathy Hart's home in Lafayette on Dec. 5. Credit: Natalie Kerr “I’m going to use the bathroom, mom.” Rohan Mesto jogged up the hill and ducked behind a tree, ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 11 (Reuters) - The number of people displaced worldwide by conflict and persecution fell ...

Ms. Kontar is a photographer and Syrian refugee. On the edge of my homeland, a line of cars stretched before me, with people’s faces peering out. They were about to return — their bags packed, stacked ...