Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn.

A Winnipeg public speaker, educator, activist and advocate will be speaking in front of a parliamentary committee Thursday on behalf of local refugees.

"Our community is so excited to vote out Trump."

Quebec's Immigration Department said in an emailed statement Wednesday it received "serious allegations'' regarding the program.

Under the refugee agreement, which took effect in 2004, Canada and the United States recognize each other as safe places to seek protection.

In its latest report, the group also said that rival authorities in eastern Libya forcibly expelled several thousand migrants ``without due process or the opportunity to challenge their deportation.''

A smuggling boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete on Monday, leaving three dead, while a large rescue operation managed to save 56 others from the sea, authorities said.

One week before the new Bundesliga soccer season gets underway in Germany, Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies told reporters he's working on getting even better for his Bayern Munich team.

A group seeking status for asylum seekers who were employed as essential workers during the first wave of the pandemic says August will be a pivotal month.

In the decision released Wednesday, Justice Ann McDonald ruled the U.S. is no longer a safe country for refugees sent back from Canada due to the risk of imprisonment.