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Around 1,500 refugees fled their homeland and boarded the ship with their scant possessions. The ship they boarded would be their home for the next six months.

There was immense relief and joy at Calgary International Airport Saturday afternoon as Ossama Zaqqout, his wife, and kids, finally welcomed his parents to Canada.

Currently, the building is in the process of taking applicants who wish to live in the facility, with more than 650 people applying so far.

The Alberta government said it will make the exchange of driver's licences for Ukrainian refugees permanent.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Alberta welcomed nearly 60,000 Ukrainian refugees. Although some have gone back, roughly 20,000 people remain in Edmonton.

Ahmad Maher Al Marrach and his family were Syrian refugees who were making a life for themselves in Canada. The 16-year-old was killed outside a city mall on Monday.

Even when their cases are rejected, many failed refugee claimants remain in Canada, numbers from the Canada Border Service Agency show.

Ottawa opened a pathway for Canadian citizens and permanent residents to obtain visas for extended family members in Gaza but very few applications have been approved.

The Alberta government is asking the federal government for more control over provincial immigration.

One-by-one, 333 refugees stepped through the international gates around 8 a.m. Yaqoobi arrived hours before.

Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels.

The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Sunday Israel had informed the U.N. that it will no longer approve UNRWA food convoys to the north of Gaza.

The call for help from shelters in British Columbia to provide housing for refugees and asylum seekers is a familiar refrain for organizations here in Manitoba.

Calgarian Amal Zyad was devasted and felt like a burden to her children after her wheelchair was stolen from her front porch late last year.

Ukrainian refugee Alla Kuranda, who currently lives in Saskatchewan, recalls the emotions of being forced to leave her home two years ago after the Russian invasion began.

A decommissioned airport in Berlin was supposed to house Ukrainian refugees for one or two days. Now, thousands have been living there for months with nowhere else to go.

The Liberal government is proposing to make changes to Canada's asylum claim system including measures which could pave the way for faster deportations.

For the second time in six months, the Salvation Army is adding space to address the number of people using emergency shelter services.

The federal government has spent over $426 million this fiscal year on temporary accommodations like hotels for asylum claimants.

Police say a 16-year-old, who was arrested shortly after the incident, is now charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ahmad Al Marrach.