In my last blog, “Huge Influxes of Refugees to Canada is Not New but the Numbers May Be!” continued a discussion we had on CTV’s Your Morning with a focus on potential…
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Further to our discussion on CTV Your Morning huge influxes of refugees into Canada are not new. In fact, they date back hundreds of years. One of the first most notable influxes…
Continue ReadingEach year on June 20th, individual’s come together to celebrate World Refugee Day. Today gives people the opportunity to focus on the plight of refugees around the world, the causes of their exile,…
Continue ReadingCanada’s Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hussen, took a trip to the Middle East last month to promote Canada’s immigration interests with leaders. Mr. Hussen travelled to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and…
Continue ReadingThe Canadian Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) has released a report presenting concerning findings about a program designed to encourage failed refugee claimants to leave Canada more quickly by offering them a financial…
Continue ReadingRecently, the United Nations Refugee Agency made an appeal to countries to resettle an additional 100,000 Syrian refugees across the world. Last week, Canada responded. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced on 7…
Continue ReadingAn ongoing political debate over the funding of healthcare for refugee claimants in Canada has erupted into a back and forth war of words between Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Ontario’s Minister of Health Deb Matthews.
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The first 17 of 1000 Tibetans arrived in Ottawa and Toronto as a part of a new federal program that will allow them to become permanent residents of Canada.
Continue ReadingPosted by: Alexa Woods The Canadian government has recently made a commitment to help resettle up to 1,300 Syrian refugees during 2013 and 2014. An urgent appeal from the United Nations High…
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