Credit to Author: Cosimo Bizzarri| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:11:45 +0000
A few years ago, the Sicilian town of Sutera found a renewed sense of purpose after it started welcoming migrant families. Now, Italy’s anti-immigration policies are threatening this new balance.
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Credit to Author: David Cohen| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:00:54 +0000
Forty years ago, Canada opened its door to thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and it’s safe to say we’re all better off for doing so. [Read more…] © 2019 CICNews All Rights Reserved
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:48:35 +0000
Bangladesh’s foreign secretary on Thursday said his country will need to stop accepting more refugees from Myanmar.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:50:18 +0000
Seven children from a family said to be Syrian refugees died in a fire that swept through their house in the Canadian city of Halifax.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:56:54 +0000
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie arrived in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh this morning to see the situation in Rohingya camps . She will see UNHCR activities, hold meetings with officials and meet Rohingyas in the camps while visiting the area, officials said. The UNHCR special envoy will talk to media in Cox’s Bazar tomorrow […]
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Credit to Author: Tamara Khandaker| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:03:53 +0000
“Canada’s refugee screening process needs to be seriously examined,” said Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.
Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCanadian entrepreneur Jim Estill, president and CEO of Danby Appliances, has partnered with the recently announced BVOR Fund to sponsor 20 refugee families to Canada. Estill has previously sponsored 61 Syrian refugee families, and is recognized for his innovative approach to refugee protection and integration. (Read more about Estill’s approach to helping refugees settle in […]
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Turkey already hosts the world’s largest refugee population, including three million Syrians, but over the last year there has been an influx of Afghans seeking a safe haven — and not just from Afghanistan itself, but from Iran.
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Read moreCraig 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 […]
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