UNHCR

Syrian refugees receive warm welcome in Canada

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 ...
Jezebel

A group of Syrian refugees in Canada ended up at the same hotel as a furry convention, and it’s amazingly weird

Welcome to Canada, Syrian refugees. Enjoy the furry convention. A group of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Canada found themselves sharing a space this week with the annual “Vancoufur” furry ...
JSTOR Daily

Resettlement of Older Syrian Refugees in Canada: Key Individual Factors of Social Inclusion

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees / Refuge: Revue canadienne sur les réfugiés, Vol. 40, No. 1, SYMPOSIUM: Structures of (un)Welcome / Structures de (non-)accueil (2024), pp. 1-23 (23 pages) ...
Boulder Weekly

Syrian refugee finds home in Lafayette

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, ...

‘One in a Million' Review: A Poignant, Decade-Spanning Portrait of a Syrian Refugee Caught Between Two Ideas of Home

When you’ve only lived for a decade, the next one stretches ahead of you like an apparent eternity. To the elders raising you, it goes by in the blink of an eye. Docmakers Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes ...