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For an episode released on World Refugee Day, we speak with UNHCR representative Jean Nicolas Beuze. We discuss the history and current needs of the Syrian community in Kurdistan, the status of the refugee camps in both the Kurdish region and Iraq and the displaced Yezidi community from Sinjar and what is needed moving forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La propagation rapide de la COVID-19 a contraint de nombreux gouvernements à implanter de nouvelles politiques de gestion frontalière. Avec quelles conséquences humaines, économiques et politiques ? Cet état d'exception de gestion frontalière - pour faire face à la pandémie - pourrait-il se transformer en état permanent? Pour aborder les fermetures des frontières et leurs impacts sur les populations locales et migrantes, l’Observatoire de géopolitique a accueilli Jean-Nicolas Beuze, représentant du UNHCR au Yémen, Éric Marclay, Senior Advisor, Humanitarian Affairs pour l’Ambassade de Suisse (Cameroun et République centrafricaine), Louis-Philippe Jannard, doctorant en droit à l’UQAM, ainsi que Laurence Brassard et Gabrielle Gagnon, toutes deux étudiantes à la maîtrise en science politique à l’UQAM. Cette table ronde, animée par Andréanne Bissonnette, fait partie de la série de cinq évènements sur le thème «Les frontières à l’heure de la COVID-19 : dynamiques, tendances et impacts»Cet épisode a été réalisé avec l'appui du Conseil international du Canada (CIC)

Les journalistes Valérie Gamache et Madeleine Blais-Morin font le bilan de la semaine politique à Québec et à Ottawa; le journaliste Mathieu Vleminckx parle de l'assouplissement des mesures sanitaires au Manitoba; le professeur de sciences politiques Frédéric Boily analyse le budget de l'Alberta déposé jeudi et fait le point sur la vaccination dans cette province; Roxane Borgès Da Silva, professeure à l'École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, se prononce sur la pertinence d'un passeport vaccinal; l'immunologiste André Veillette commente la décision de Santé Canada d'approuver deux vaccins d'AstraZeneca; et Jean-Nicolas Beuze, représentant du Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés basé au Yémen, brosse le portrait de la situation dans ce pays.

This week’s guest is Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the Representative of the UN Refugee Agency in Yemen - a country where two-thirds of the population relies on our humanitarian assistance for their daily survival. Beuze discusses the disparity between the Western world's outlook and the harsh realities most of the Yemeni people face “The Western world worries about the coronavirus. Yemen cannot even afford to worry about the coronavirus because we have malaria, chikungunya, cholera and dengue fever. All that. Plus, there is a famine.”. In a deeply personal interview about his career helping refugees and victims of torture, he describes being driven by the “denial of their human rights” and that “injustice was something I could not accept”. He also reveals fearing for the first time for his own loved ones who face the dangers of COVID-19 back home.

Jean-Nicolas Beuze is the UNHCR representative in Yemen. He talks about the ongoing conflict, how COVID19 is affecting Yemen and how the UNHCR has shifted its operations. COVID-19 will be the straw that breaks the camel's back in this conflict-ridden country.Follow him at @jnbeuze Jean-Nicolas Beuze worked for more than 20 years with the United Nations in the areas of Human Rights (OHCHR), Peacekeeping (DPKO) and UNICEF at Headquarters and in the field (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Afghanistan and the Middle-East and North Africa region) before joining UNHCR in Lebanon as Deputy Representative for Protection and Inter-Agency Coordination. Prior to joining UNHCR, he was the UNICEF Child Protection Advisor for the MENA region (2010-13) working on emergency responses in Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and strengthening public child protection and education systems in the region. He was previously appointed as the Deputy Director of the Human Rights Unit of UN Peace-Keeping/DPKO mission in Afghanistan/UNAMA (2008-10) focusing on women’s rights, elections, poverty and the protection of civilians. HeSHOW LESS

We speak to former Conservative MP and junior Health Minister under Margaret Thatcher Edwina Currie. She discusses attempts to stop or delay Brexit amid the coronavirus pandemic, reports that Boris Johnson’s government’s delay in implementing a lockdown resulted in thousands of deaths, the scandal over Dominic Cummings arguably breaking UK Covid-19 lockdown rules and Johnson subsequently refusing to fire him, why the government is relying on the private sector for vaccine and test manufacturing as China takes the state-led approach, private sector involvement in contact tracing app development and more! Finally, we speak to UNHCR Yemen representative Jean-Nicolas Beuze about the coronavirus pandemic in Yemen. He discusses why it is almost impossible for many people in Yemen to social distance and maintain good hygiene due to a lack of running water, the lack of Covid-19 test kits which has made it difficult to identify cases and deaths, the UN pulling out staff from Yemen amid the pandemic, the destruction of much of Yemen’s health facilities during the conflict, the severe shortage of ICU beds and isolation beds, UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition which is bombing Yemen, ongoing negotiations to open Yemen’s ports to humanitarian organisations and more!

Jean-Nicolas Beuze répond aux questions de Maryse Jobin.

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Your hosts, Lynn, Marie-Claude, and Marc (Video of show at bottom) Canadian fence against illegal migrants? FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017 file photo, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer informs a migrant couple of the location of a legal border station, shortly before they illegally crossed from Champlain, N.Y., to, Quebec, using Roxham Road. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo/File) The province of Quebec has seen almost 30,000 migrants cross from the U.S into Canada illegally last year. So far this year, some 6,000 have made the crossing and demanding asylum. This has cost the province at least $150 million dollars, a request for payment they've made to the federal government saying international borders are a federal responsibility. Meanwhile caring and paying for the migrants during the long process of evaluating their claims is straining provincial authorities. One politician says the solution is simple. put up a fence. Levon spoke to Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR representative in Canada who says it should not be done. Children developing myopia Children who spent more time outdoors were found to have a reduced risk of being nearsighted. Myopia, also known as being "near-sighted" is where close objects can be seen clearly, but objects further away become blurred.  Complicating the problem for young children is that they may not understand that blurred vision is not normal, and so they may not mention it. Letting the condition go on for a long period can lead to even more serious complications later. A new study shows a correlation between the amount of time children spend out doors: more time outdoors means less chance of developing myopia. Lynn spoke with Mike Yang, a researcher at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He is the lead author of this study from the university’s Centre for Ocular Research & Education or CORE. Vehicle attack in Toronto: Flowers, candles, words of condolence at an impromptu memorial set up on a wall near the tragedy in Toronto. Photo: Galit Rodan/Canadian Press A horrific attack in Toronto left 10 people dead, and 14 others with a variety of severe injuries. It appears so far not to be linked to any known radical group, but rather possibly just a 25-year-old man taking out his personal frustrations against innocent people by driving a vehicle at high speed onto a crowded sidewalk. He may have been inspired by excessive media reporting of similar mass killing incidents. Marc spoke with Michel Juneau-Katsuya, CEO of Northgate Security and former senior manager with Canada's security and intelligence service. In this excerpt he talks about media reporting, and  says people shouldn't be eager to give up civil liberties in exchange for tighter security. Lebanese food- A prolific caterer for the past 40 years, Afifé Najm invited RCI's Marie-Claude Simard into her Montreal home this week.  Now retired, Najm still cooks up a storm and shows how to make kebbe, stuffed vine leaves, koussa, and other goodies! Images of the week window.jQuery || document.write('

Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR representative in Canada, says Parti Quebecois Leader Jean- Francois Lisee's idea to build a fence along the Quebec-New York border is morally and legally wrong.

Depuis le début de l’année 2017, plus de 10 000 demandeurs d'asile ont été interceptés au Canada après avoir illégalement franchi la frontière canado-américaine. Comment le pays accueille ces personnes? La règle du tiers pays sûr, en vigueur depuis 2004 entre les États-Unis et le Canada, est-elle encore pertinente? Arnaud Decroix en discute avec Jean-Nicolas Beuze, représentant du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) au Canada.

Depuis le début de l’année 2017, plus de 10 000 demandeurs d'asile ont été interceptés au Canada après avoir illégalement franchi la frontière canado-américaine. Comment le pays accueille ces personnes? La règle du tiers pays sûr, en vigueur depuis 2004 entre les États-Unis et le Canada, est-elle encore pertinente? Arnaud Decroix en discute avec Jean-Nicolas Beuze, représentant du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) au Canada.

UNHCR’s Jean-Nicolas Beuze says the need to help those who are forced from their homes is ‘massive.’