a show of gratitude


During his mission to Canada last fall, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, where he hailed Canada as a “champion” for refugees.


Canada recently pledged to resettle 27,000 refugees in 2018, of which approximately 9,000 are UNHCR- referred resettlements. This remains a fraction of the 1.2 million vulnerable refugees UNHCR has identified worldwide who need to be resettled to a third country, like Canada.


“Canada has an important


resettlement program, which is partly run by the government with UNHCR’s help, but partially also sponsored private


and actually organizations and run


by private


citizens. And I think this mix is very important,” said Grandi.


“It allows people also to become familiar with this faraway situation, with people that come here and start a new life. And also, it encourages the government to do more to help organizations like mine help refugees in those countries and help resettle those people here.”


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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with Congolese refugee Jean- Claude Puati at a Montreal hospital where he works as a cook.


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“It’s a very virtuous circle that happens in this country and I would like to really commend and thank the


Canadian people for their


extraordinary generosity, openness and willingness


to show solidarity


towards those that are among the most deprived people in the world.” «


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