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Tag: humanitarian aid

Canada can help establish an international protective force in Gaza

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

The killing of aid workers in Gaza highlights the need to protect the supply and distribution of humanitarian assistance. Supplying aid is one thing, but making sure it reaches the people in need is a separate challenge. We believe that Canada can make a meaningful difference in meeting that challenge, write Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock.

Ottawa is set to finally allow Canadian aid to reach Afghanistan. What took so long?

Posted on March 23, 2023December 13, 2023 by Allan Rock in Opinion

Many Canadian NGOs have been unable to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan without running the risk of criminal prosecution here at home; as a result their humanitarian work has ground to a halt.

Report Launch & Panel Discussion: Humanitarian Protection in Mexico and Central America

Posted on July 8, 2021March 15, 2022 by WRMC in English, Event, Migration Task Force

Join us for a panel discussion present the latest North and Central American Task Force on Migration report and recommendations, Humanitarian Protection in the Region: A State of Emergency.

COVID-19 and the Displaced

Posted on September 25, 2020November 4, 2020 by WRMC in Publications, Research Paper

This literature review examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the displaced population, both from a health perspective and the wider socio-economic aspect.

Yazidi refugees, including several children, go about their lives in Nawrouz refugee camp, approximately 40 kilometres from the Syrian border with Iraq. UNICEF/Razan Rashidi

Call for intervention in the humanitarian crisis taking place as thousands of Yazidi leave refugee camps to return to Sinjar

Posted on September 15, 2020November 4, 2020 by WRMC in Letter, News

World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Lloyd Axworthy speaks to the Women Refugees Advocacy Project letter calling on the Canadian Parliament to intervene.

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The World Refugee & Migration Council offers bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees and the forcibly displaced through the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing. Council members include leaders, practitioners and innovators from developing and developed countries across the globe.

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  • Canada must lead on supporting Ukraine with Russia’s frozen assets April 23, 2025
  • Pope Francis Leaves Legacy as Champion of Refugees and Migrants April 21, 2025
  • Keeping Business Clean: Combatting Corruption in a World of Change — Toronto Roundtable April 15, 2025
  • Lloyd Axworthy Receives Metropolis Canada Policy Maker Award March 17, 2025
  • Responding to Climate-Induced Transnational Migration: An Action Plan February 28, 2025