Refugees in Canada
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Why migrants risk everything to cross borders in unsafe conditionsMigration experts say the freezing deaths along the Manitoba border were predictable and preventable. Canada and other countries need to ask why migrants resort to human smugglers.CanadaJan 24
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Calls for refugee sponsors grow as study suggests millions of Canadians open to itThe BVOR program allows private citizens and non-governmental organizations to step up and sponsor individuals or families with whom they don't have prior relationships.CanadaJun 20, 2021
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Facing deportation, this Ottawa woman uses her time to sew masks to fight coronavirusIf Celina Urbanowicz is deported, her family will be split across three countries and two continents.FeaturesJun 16, 2020
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Refugee judge who asked woman why husband didn’t ‘just kill’ her to face internal reviewCanada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) says the refugee judge's "insensitive" questions have prompted the internal review.InvestigationsNov 29, 2019
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Quebec should have power over Ottawa in refugee settlement: Bloc Quebecois leaderBloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet discussed cases where asylum seekers had been in Quebec for years, were well-integrated and were selected for permanent resident status by the province -- only to be deported after Ottawa rejected their refugee application.PoliticsSep 23, 2019
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‘Gone in the flames’: 20 years after coming to Nova Scotia in the Kosovar airlift“I miss my home, but when I go back there, I miss Canada.”CanadaJul 12, 2019
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Canada resettling more than 450 slaves from Libya over next 2 years; 150 arrived last yearMost of the people being resettled are migrants who were captured while trying to transit through Libya en route to Europe, a government official said.CanadaFeb 6, 2019
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CBSA told to ‘pick up the pace’ on removing rejected refugee claimantsPublic Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is telling the Canada Border Services Agency to remove more refugee claimants whose requests for asylum in Canada have been rejected.CanadaOct 31, 2018
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Eritrea refugee shares his harrowing story of finding safety in Lethbridge on World Refugee DayIt can be a harrowing journey, as millions flea their home countries to find safety and refuge in others, and during World Refugee Day one man shared his four year voyage to safety that eventually landed him in Lethbridge.CanadaJun 20, 2018
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Jamaica tops Canada’s list of countries refusing to take back its criminalsJamaica tops the list of countries holding up Canada’s attempts to deport criminals.CanadaMar 22, 2018
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