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From Vietnam’s Cornfields to Canada

Oat Rmah July 23, 2019 No Comments CambodiaEnglish as a Second LanguageImmigrationRefugee campSouth Hill Education CentreUNHCRVancouverVietnam

The thought of travelling to a wealthy country with fancy cities was exciting. But we had no idea what the reality of it would be

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Commentary

It’s Not Only Syrians Who Need Our Help

Debbie Douglas December 18, 2015 No Comments AfricansEritreaOCASIrefugeesSomaliSouth SudanSyrian refugeesUNHCR

The image of our new Prime Minister, in shirtsleeves greeting the first Syrian refugees airlifted from Beirut to Pearson International airport in Toronto was splashed…

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Refugee Family ‘Very Happy’ to Come to Canada

Mark Cadiz December 8, 2015 No Comments arrivalarrivearrivesFamilyLifeline SyriarefugeeScreeningSecuritySyriaUNHCR

Four million Syrians have fled their country and millions more are living in dire conditions in refugee camps. But very soon, a tiny fraction of…

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Health

Addressing Mental Health of Resettled Refugees

Leah Bjornson September 15, 2015 No Comments anxietydepressionGhayda Hassanmental healthrefugee crisisrefugeesresettlementSyrian refugeesUN refugee agencyUNHCR

Canadian party leaders have all pledged to resettle thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Syrian refugees over the next few years, but little has…

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Policy

Refugee Numbers Increasing Dramatically

Zoran Vidic July 15, 2015 No Comments Asylumasylum seekersbelgradeCanadaHungarymigrantsMigrationrefugeerefugeesSerbiaSyriaUNHCR

They come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Palestine, Somalia, Eritrea, Libya and even West Africa. They walk many thousands of miles, traversing every imaginable landscape, using…

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Policy

A life upended by war; a fresh start in Canada

Michelle Zilio June 22, 2014 No Comments Chris AlexanderCICLavalrefugeesponsorshipSyriaUNHCR

Speaking from their new apartment in Laval, Quebec, the Dandachi family says the past 17 days have been like a “honeymoon” compared to the past three years…

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Commentary

Syria’s Refugee Crisis: Echoes of the Past

Mike Molloy June 17, 2014 No Comments AssadChris AlexanderLebanese civil warrefugeeSyriaUNHCR

As the misery and displacement stemming from the multi-sided Syrian civil war worsens and the international community is asked to resettle some of those displaced,…

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Commentary

Refugees: long treks from despair

Ranjit Bhaskar June 20, 2013 No Comments EDUCATIONKakumarefugeesSudanTorontoUNHCRUniversity of Toronto

Hope was the operative word here. Radiating from the eager and sincere volunteers, young and old, as Toronto joined the world Thursday to mark World…

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