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  • 5 Afghan siblings arrive in Toronto more than a year after being stuck in limbo in UAE refugee camp

    Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2022

    Faisal Rasel remembers the moment his father was killed by the Taliban in 2018 for working with the U.S. government. He knew that from then on, he would have to be the one to look after his four siblings. Their mother had died…

    Published December 6, 2022

  • Newcomers face ‘alarming’ discrimination in finding housing, says report

    Kelly Skjerven The Star Thu., Dec. 1, 2022

    Newcomers searching for a home in Toronto’s tight rental market face “alarming” levels of discrimination, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

    In a phone audit of rental listings that appeared this year…

    Published December 2, 2022

  • Canada not doing enough with its highly educated immigrants, StatsCan says

    Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Dec 01, 2022

    Being a physician has been a lifelong dream for 35-year-old Ayman Jabril. He's passionate about caring for patients, clearly explaining medical treatments, and following up with them over time. He trained and worked as a physician in…

    Published December 2, 2022

  • Not everyone thinks Canada’s new immigration plan will grow the economy the way it should

    Brian Hill Global News December 1, 2022 

    Nadine Rana’s family has been proudly cleaning clothes for more than 50 years.

    Her parents immigrated to Canada from the West Indies in the late 1960s and opened a dry cleaner in Toronto’s east end. Rana now runs the business with the hope…

    Published December 2, 2022

  • The detention of migrants in Canadian jails is a public health emergency

    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…

    Published November 29, 2022

  • Palestinian refugee's desperate plea for housing in Canada prompts Jewish family to open their door

    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…

    Published November 29, 2022

  • Immigration partnership launches welcome app for Sarnia-Lambton newcomers

    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…

    Published November 29, 2022

  • How the Canada Border Services Agency tolerates and even encourages refugee mistreatment

    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…

    Published November 29, 2022

  • Refugee Health Clinic scales back as demand outpaces support

    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…

    Published November 29, 2022

  • Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects feel abandoned waiting for refuge in Pakistan

    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…

    Published November 28, 2022

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