Refugee Crisis

• Trump policy allowing states to refuse refugees puts spotlight on Republican governors

  More than 30 governors have agreed to accept refugees, but about a dozen Republican governors have remained silent on President Donald Trump's executive order.

  Politics

  Dec 22, 2019
• Photo of Rio Grande drowning evokes painful memories for aunt of Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi

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  Canada

  Jun 26, 2019
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• CBSA charges woman with taking money to help refugees into Canada

  Border agents claim Olayinka Celestina Opaleye brought several people into Canada illegally via Roxham Road in Quebec.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2019
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• ‘They need to feel it to get it’: World Economic Forum attendees can spend ‘a day in the life of a refugee’

  The program involves a cast and crew of volunteers comprised entirely of former refugees to recreate for the participants the experience of displaced people.

  Politics

  Jan 22, 2019
• Belgian PM offers to resign amid uproar over UN migration pact

  Charles Michel lost the support of the biggest party in his coalition last week in protest at his support of a U.N. pact to foster cooperation over the world's 21 million refugees.

  Politics

  Dec 18, 2018
• ‘We want to build a community’: Rohingyas call on Canada to resettle more refugees

  "It's psychologically very tough for Canadian Rohingya refugees to live here in peace when their families are suffering and going through horror and trauma in refugee camps."

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2018
• Brazil could limit number of Venezuelans entering through northern border

  Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing economic meltdown and political turmoil in Venezuela, where people scrounge for food and other necessities of daily life.

  World

  Aug 29, 2018
• Western University student will swim across Lake Ontario to raise money for Syrian refugees

  Lal will swim across Lake Ontario Saturday. His goal is to raise $60,000 to sponsor the resettlement of two Syrian families in Canada.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2018
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• Toronto Mayor John Tory urges federal government to assist with refugee crisis

  Mayor John Tory said there still is a lack of direction and leadership from the federal government when it comes to housing new arrivals.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2018
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• Hungary jails migrant smugglers over 71 suffocation deaths

  A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison each for their roles in the 2015 case in which 71 migrants suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck.

  Crime

  Jun 14, 2018