For Sammar Mian and Atief Sheikh and their families, waiting for more than four hours at the airport to welcome incoming Syrian
May 2009, the civil war in Sri Lanka was grinding its way to an excruciating end. Government forces were in a decisive
Sixty-seven years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 50 years after the adoption of the two Covenants,
Every day, we see pictures and videos of families desperately crossing the sea to escape war and poverty back home. Hundreds of
Over the next six years, the cost of bringing Syrian refugees to Canada will reach $1.2 billion. The federal government has earmarked
Her story reads like a movie script. Twenty years ago, Maryam Monsef fled the brutal rule of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Thousands of Syrian refugees will arrive in Canada by year’s end. Even before the attacks in Paris, some Canadians were already chattering
Swiss-born Muslim academic and author Tariq Ramadan told an Ottawa audience that governments and the public should recognize the equal dignity of
As Syrian refugees make their way to Canada, medical professionals and volunteers across the country are busy prepping to assist in medical
The Canadian government announced their plan today to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country by the end of the year, with