NCM’s Isabel Inclan speaks to Gerardo Perez, one of the hundreds who are seeking asylum in Canada. In this story, he details how the desperation of remaining in limbo led him to resort to a one-week hunger strike.
View More “I have no more rights than a deer”: asylum seeker
There may be up to half a million undocumented residents in Canada, according to some estimates, with the majority settling in Toronto. While critics welcome the City’s new initiative to raise awareness of this population group’s lives, hardships and contributions, they say politicians at all levels need to address root causes of poverty and homelessness in immigration debates.
View More Toronto’s ‘Undocumented Residents Day’ – Nice, But Not Enough: Critics
Activists worry about a “secretive policy shift” that may explain an unprecedented rate of rejections of PR applications on Humanitarian & Compassionate grounds.
View More Advocacy Group Hints at Unexplained Immigration Policy Shift
With no one-size-fits-all solution, community leaders and doctors are filling in gaps left by governments. NCM reporter Tuvana Sahinturk looks into the vaccination of the most marginalized in Canadian society.
View More Community Helps Undocumented Migrants Get Vaccinated
A coalition of 270 organizations asks Ottawa to make the COVID-19 vaccine accessible to migrant workers and undocumented residents, without them having to fear detention or deportation.
View More Vaccine Access Needed for Migrant Workers and UndocumentedI first became a “dreamer” more than forty years ago. That is when my parents brought my sisters and me to the heart of East Oakland for what we thought was a summer vacation. Since…
View More Amerika: Amnesty for a Convicted Felon, 800,000 Young People Summarily CondemnedIt would seem as if sharks and undocumented immigrants are equally deserving of Toronto City Hall’s mercy. Both have been spared extreme measures, although one hopes the reprieve granted to the immigrants is not as…
View More Toronto winking at lawbreakers