Child Refugees
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An ‘impossible’ choice: Leave 5-year-old son in foster care or risk being torturedCanada is threatening to deport the mother, brother and sister of a five-year-old boy granted refugee protection because of a decades-old policy.InvestigationsAug 10, 2021
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Children’s immigration applications must be processed in 6 months, advocates sayThe long wait is unacceptable, especially for children who are separated from both parents, said Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees.CanadaApr 25, 2021
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Former UN human rights chief calls Canada’s handling of child refugees ‘inhumane’Former UN human rights expert criticizes Canada's handling of child refugees, calling it "inhumane and degrading."CanadaSep 3, 2018
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Canada could force separation of mother and 11-year-old daughter at risk of genital mutilationAn immigration policy could force a mother to choose between leaving her daughter alone in Canada or returning to Sierra Leone where she'd be at risk of FGM.InvestigationsAug 20, 2018
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Mother forced to choose: Leave daughter in Canada or take her to Sudan where she faces genital mutilationThe mother of a 9-year-old refugee at risk of genital mutilation in Sudan feels as if her "heart is broken" at the thought Canada could separate her from her family.CanadaJul 12, 2018
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Calls to end policy that blocks child refugees in Canada from reuniting with parentsChild psychiatrists and lawyers are calling for the end of a Canadian immigration policy that makes it difficult for child refugees to reunite with their families.CanadaJun 29, 2018
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Canada blocks teen from reuniting with family despite Taliban death threatsCanada's immigration policy keeps child refugees separated from their families for years, sometimes forever. Immigration lawyers say this can destroy lives.CanadaJun 27, 2018
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UNICEF report finds nearly half of all refugees are childrenSome 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better lifeWorldSep 7, 2016
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