By Robin Arthur in Halifax, Nova Scotia There is an egregious crisis brewing at the United States-Mexico border, according to US officials. Thousands of migrants…
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by Shenaz Kermalli in Toronto Every day, we see pictures and videos of families desperately crossing the sea to escape war and poverty back home.…
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by Maria Ikonen in Gatineau, Quebec People running across the borders, others hanging for their lives on an overcrowded boat and a three-year-old Syrian boy…
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Quebec’s Federal Candidates Urged to Tackle Immigration
by Rosanna Haroutounain in Montreal While candidates in Quebec are doing their best to reach out to new Canadian voters in the current federal elections, some…
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by Prof. Parvati Nair, UNU-GCM, United Nations University in Barcelona A child should not have to die to mobilize governments into credible action. The photograph of three-year-old…
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by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea…
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by Adrian Edwards in Geneva, Switzerland With almost 60 million people forcibly displaced globally and boat crossings of the Mediterranean in the headlines almost daily,…
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