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Omar Sherif · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2023

Dawit Mussie sees the challenges that young Black immigrants go through first-hand on a regular basis.

Those struggles, he says, come from lack of safe spaces and young people not feeling like they have someone to talk to about their…

By Patricia Lane & Ingrid Waldron |National Observer  | February 6th 2023

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. In honour of Black History Month, today we highlight the climate justice\u2026

Padraig Moran · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 02, 2023

The U.S. is launching a private refugee sponsorship program that has been closely modelled on Canada's, even as the program in this country faces criticism for long delays and cumbersome bureaucracy.

The new program, called Welcome…

Stephanie Levitz The Star Fri., Feb. 3, 2023

OTTAWA – Afghan-Canadians are formally accusing the federal government of discrimination over the difference between immigration programs for Afghans and Ukrainians trying to flee violence in their home countries.

Four men who deployed…

Bobby Hristova · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2023

A month after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hanna Trofimova said she had a deadly dilemma on her hands.

"My idea was to stay there because I felt sorry for my husband — he's still there — but his…

Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2023

The federal NDP is calling for an end to immigration detention — except for people who pose a danger to the public — after Radio-Canada/CBC reporting revealed that thousands of foreign nationals are detained each year with no…

Nicholas Keung  The Star Wed., Feb. 1, 2023

There was no timeline to get Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan out of jail and out of this country.

The immigration detainee was being held at the provincial jail in Lindsay, Ont., as he awaited deportation from Canada.

He’d been there since…

February 1, 2023 The Conversation Stephanie Mayell, C. Susana Caxaj &Janet McLaughlin

The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant…

Kevin Orland, Bloomberg News January 31, 2023

Gerry Butts, vice chair of Eurasia Group and former principal secretary to the prime minister of Canada, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the inclusion of Canada in Eurasia Group's Top Risks 2023 report. Butts speaks about the risks…

Nicola Seguin · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Abhinaya Yeddala's plan to become a family doctor and build a life in Nova Scotia is coming to fruition — but she says she nearly gave up and left the province because of a requirement that added more than two years to the process. …