Refugees

The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022  

Authors: Emma Stirling-Cameron, Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of British Columbia and Shira Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University

This month, human rights organizations launched 12…

Adrian Ghobrial CTV National News Nov. 29, 2022

 In her past life Aziza Abu Sirdana has only known war, conflict, fear and isolation.

“If you are born in Gaza you don't know what life is,” she told CTV National News.

The 22-year-old Palestinian refugee fled to Canada after she…

Tyler Kula The Observer Nov 28, 2022  

It was maybe eight years ago when the Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership first started talking about developing a smartphone app to make it easier and more welcoming for newcomers here to get settled, an official says.

“Sadly…

The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022  

Authors: Kathryn Tomko Dennler, Immigration Researcher, York University, Canada and Brianna Garneau, PhD Candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University, Canada

Refugee advocates have long known about systemic problems with immigration…

Terry Pender The Record Mon., Nov. 28, 2022

KITCHENER — At a time when more refugees and newcomers than ever before are arriving in the region, a medical clinic that specializes in helping them has to cut back operations because of a lack of funding.

Beginning Jan. 1, the Refugee…

Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail 25 November 2022

A group of Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects intended to promote the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan say they are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan and running out of money for food and rent, more than a…

Naimul Karim Financial Post Nov 25, 2022  

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said changes to Canada’s immigration program next year will rebalance the world’s “most powerful economic migration system” in a way that will help hospitals, builders and other employers address chronic…

Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Nov 24, 2022  

“We have been here for a year and two months. We don’t have a Pakistani visa as our visa expired at the end of June. We have applied for a new one, but we are not expecting to get it.”

Momtaz and her family are the kind of refugees that…

Rhythm Sachdeva CTV News Nov. 23, 2022

Shortly after the federal government unveiled plans for its ambitious goal of seeing 500,000 immigrants arrive each year by 2025, The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published its strategic objectives for Asia and the…

Yavar Hameed &  Haniya Saeed Ottawa Citizen Nov 23, 2022  

On Nov. 14, a campaign was announced in Ottawa to end the federal government’s contracts with provincial prisons for holding immigration detainees. This campaign, spearheaded by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty…