Reading Time: 6 minutes Disponible en français. On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul largely unopposed, marking the end of a two-decade-long conflict and the internationally recognized government of Afghanistan. Concerns were immediately raised about how the Taliban would rule, throwing into doubt… Read More ›
Humanitarian assistance
Executive Summary – Resettling Refugees: Canada’s Humanitarian Commitments
Reading Time: 2 minutes Disponible en français. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that more than 1.44 million refugees are currently in need of resettlement to a third country. These are refugees who, according to the UNHCR, can neither return to… Read More ›
COVID-19 and Humanitarian Crises
Reading Time: 5 minutes 26 August 2020, 10:30 a.m. (Disponible en français : La COVID-19 et les crises humanitaires) At the beginning of 2020, millions of people around the world were already in a state of significant vulnerability as a result of armed conflicts,… Read More ›