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How does IRCC view my country?

November 20, 2022 admin asylum seekers, Canada, economic immigration, immigration refugees and citizenship canada, IRCC, Refugee, refugees, regular immigration, social immigration, strategy for asia. strategy for the americas

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:00:08 +0000

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently released their strategic plan for Asia and the Americas. IRCC has collaboration aims for countries in both regions, hoping to drive better immigration to Canada, increase collaboration with governments in these regions (particularly around the economy, and aid for refugees and asylum seekers), and promote Canada’s immigration pathways […]

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Rape Survivors Seeking Asylum Have to Prove the Rape Happened or Be Deported

November 14, 2019 admin Asylum, asylum seekers, forensic psychology, mind, sexual assault

Credit to Author: Hannah Harris Green| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:39:51 +0000

We often talk ruefully about how the U.S. judicial system will “put the victim on trial” in sexual assault cases. But when it comes to people applying for asylum in the U.S., that’s literally what happens.

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The Trump Administration Dumped Thousands of Migrants — Including Kids — on the Streets with No Support

November 6, 2019 admin asylum seekers, border patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, immigration, san antonio, US-Mexico border

Credit to Author: Gaby Del Valle| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:05:48 +0000

It forced local communities to either spend money and resources on migrants who are just passing through, or let them fend for themselves.

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Hundreds of Migrants Just Shut Down a Bridge Between the U.S. and Mexico

October 10, 2019 admin asylum seekers, immigration, Mexico, migrants, port of entry, remain in mexico, trump administration

Credit to Author: Gaby Del Valle| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:02:58 +0000

They camped out to protest the Trump policy that’s forced tens of thousands of asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are decided.

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Trump’s Asylum Policies Sent Him Back to Mexico. He Was Kidnapped Five Hours Later By a Cartel

September 16, 2019 admin asylum crisis, asylum seekers, donald trump border, donald trump mexico, immigration, interviews with asylum seekers, mexico migrant crisis, mexico-us border, trump immigration

Credit to Author: Emily Green| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:19:32 +0000

David’s story is not unique.

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US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico

July 19, 2019 admin asylum seekers, Latest News Stories, Mexico, Migration, US, World

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:23:36 +0000

The U.S. government on Friday expanded its requirement that asylum seekers wait outside the country to a part of the Texas Rio Grande Valley across from one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities.

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British Airways Is Still Complicit in Deporting LGBTQ Asylum Seekers

February 4, 2019 admin asylum seekers, British Airways, Deportation, lesbians and gays support the migrants, LGBTQ, news

Credit to Author: Oscar Rickett| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:03:06 +0000

I watched activists crash an airline gala to chant “deportation contracts make us sick” and hand out sick bags to 200 guests, including the CEO of British Airways.

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Migrants hide inside mattresses in desperate attempt to reach Europe

January 3, 2019 admin african migrants, asylum seekers, jon inarritu, Latest News Stories, melilla, Morocco, refugees, sahara, World

Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:11:03 +0000

“As long as there are no safe routes to request asylum, situations like this will continue to occur in the southern border of Europe.”

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Asylum seekers stake claims on patch of US soil at border

December 18, 2018 admin asylum seekers, Latest News Stories, migrants from central america, World

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:02:31 +0000

Hondorun asylum seekers at US border facility

Several asylum seekers waited on a small patch of U.S. soil for hours demanding that their claims be processed immediately

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Canadian politicians playing a dangerous game on migration

September 5, 2018 admin asylum seekers, Immigrate, immigration policy, politics, refugees

Craig Damian Smith, University of Toronto Canada has joined the club of states embroiled with irregular migration. But our challenges are not unique, and we have two decades of European misadventures with irregular migration to guide our response. Unfortunately, Canadian politicians are following a well-rehearsed script in which crisis responses to anti-refugee sentiment undermine liberal […]