Canada’s responsibility to refugees globally must not falter

The country stands almost alone these days in its solidarity with refugees, and so the UN Refugee Agency needs Canada more than ever to help lead the way back to our common humanity.

Canada, its people, and leaders, can again make a difference in the lives of refugees worldwide that others hesitate to make, says the UN Refugee Agency, headed by Filippo Grandi. UN photograph by Mark Garten

Opinion

BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE

December 20, 2017

Just a little over two years ago, three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s tragic death on a Turkish beach shocked the conscience of Canadians. Over the following year, more than 26,000 Syrian refugees were welcomed into communities across the country, with government and private sponsors acting in partnershi...

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