Refugee Status

• Gay man set to be deported from Edmonton to Uganda: ‘I’m in a nightmare’

  A 25-year-old gay man who has been living and working in Edmonton since 2018 is concerned for his safety because he's being deported back to Uganda.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2023
  
• B.C. MP outraged international student’s killer seeking refugee status in New Zealand

  Amanda Zhao, a 21-year-old student who had come to Canada to study English in 2002, was found stuffed in a suitcase near Stave Lake. Her boyfriend was later convicted in China.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2023
  
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• Asylum seekers can use Quebec’s Roxham Road crossing as pandemic ban lifted

  The federal government ordered the crossing shut in March 2020 as the pandemic closed the U.S.-Canada border, but as of Sunday the order has been lifted.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2021
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• Former child refugee from Somalia facing unfair deportation: advocates

  Supporters in Nova Scotia say the Ontario government failed to fill out paperwork that would have granted him permanent residency.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2019
• ‘I will fight until I have no breath left’: Okanagan woman fights deportation

  In 2017, Thorne filed for refugee protection. She said she was the victim of sexual violence and fears for her life should she be forced to return home.

  Jul 15, 2019
• Man nicknamed ‘Dr. No’ because he denied so many refugees, rehired to decide asylum claims

  A former refugee judge who once wrote that most refugees are liars was recently rehired by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2019
• ‘This is not what Canada’s known for’: Immigrant family set to be deported pleads for reprieve

  An immigrant family from Sri Lanka is pleading for the federal government to suspend or delay its decision to deport them.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2017
• Refugee scholarship a 1st for University of Saskatchewan College of Law

  A new scholarship is being offered at the University of Saskatchewan for a law student who has claimed or is claiming refugee status in Canada.

  Education

  Nov 6, 2017
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• Exclusive: Recent asylum seekers speak to Global News about journey to Canada

  Crossing the border with six other people three weeks ago, "Salwa" walked three hours through field just outside of Emerson, Man., with the temperature hovering around -14 C.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2017
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• Immigrants in US eye Canada as Trump threatens new travel ban

  Members of the largest Somali community in the United States say they're not surprised to see a growing number of asylum seekers braving the elements to illicitly enter Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2017