The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has a huge backlog of applications. Requiring privately-sponsored Afghan refugees to first be approved by the agency is creating unnecessary barriers.
View More Removing UNHCR requirement will help Afghans seeking asylum
Afghan asylum seekers are grateful for the help they’ve received, but have grown frustrated with the lack of clarity, consistency and coordination between the Canadian government and the United Nations.
View More Afghan Asylum Seekers Frustrated by Inconsistencies Between Agencies
Canada remains deeply committed to refugee resettlement efforts and banks its post-pandemic recovery on increased immigration, as set out in the 2021-2023 immigration plan, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said during his presentation at the Metropolis Canada Conference.
View More Canada Bets on Immigration to Meet “Unique Juncture” in History
Canada is missing the mark on education policies toward refugee children and youth, according to research conducted by Valerie Schutte, a University of Ottawa graduate and intern at the UN Refugee Agency.
View More Canada Needs To Improve Its Refugee Education Policies
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
View More From Vietnam’s Cornfields to Canada
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 across various media platforms from coast to coast to coast…
View More It’s Not Only Syrians Who Need Our Help
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 them will be calling Canada home. This week, the Canadian…
View More Refugee Family ‘Very Happy’ to Come to Canada
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 been said to address the fact that for many, the…
View More Addressing Mental Health of Resettled Refugees
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 any possible means of transportation and encountering people, good and…
View More Refugee Numbers Increasing Dramatically
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 spent fleeing the chaos of the Syrian war and living as refugees…
View More A life upended by war; a fresh start in Canada