REFUGEE
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Canada struggling to meet refugee target number for 2021
Canada is nowhere near to meeting its goal of welcoming 81,000 refugees by the end of 2021, according to numbers…
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Jailed former Somali child refugee to be released, transferred to treatment centre
A former Somali refugee and foster child who is facing deportation will be released from the Edmonton Remand Centre where he…
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A death sentence’: Mother of former child refugee facing deportation makes emotional plea
The mother of a former child refugee taken into foster care not long after arriving in Canada in the mid-1990s…
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Liberals commit $27M to offset Ford’s legal aid cuts for refugees, immigrants
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to a one-time legal aid top-up of $26.8 million for refugee and immigration cases…
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Rallies and events held around Ontario to protest legal aid cuts
Legal clinics around Ontario are holding co-ordinated events on Tuesday to protest provincial cuts to Legal Aid Ontario. In April,…
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Ottawa should ‘properly fund’ refugee legal aid, Ontario attorney general tells Trudeau
Ontario’s attorney general is taking his fight for more money for refugee legal aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Doug…
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Critics question why Canada’s border officers need bulletproof vests to work with migrants
Canada’s border-security agency will soon require all border-security officers working with detained migrants to wear defensive gear that includes batons,…
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How Google Translate is helping refugee claimants to navigate daily life in Toronto
Whenever Hamid, a refugee claimant who doesn’t want his identity revealed for safety reasons, came to Canada via a smuggler…
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How a Syrian refugee in Lebanon found his dream job in Niagara Falls
In a modest rental flat in the Lebanese city of Zahlé, overlooking a fine field of tomato plants and beyond…
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Rainbow Railroad station praises expansion of program to help LGBTQ refugees get to Canada
A group that helps LGBTQ refugees integrate into their new lives in Calgary is praising the federal government’s decision to…
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Scheer vows crackdown on those trying to ‘game’ Canada’s refugee system
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would restore fairness and faith in the integrity of Canada’s immigration system by cracking…
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Federal departments may have broken law by microtargeting job ads
Several federal government departments — including the Canada Border Services Agency, the Correctional Service of Canada and the RCMP — have…
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Lawyers and doctors rally at Queen’s Park against provincial cut to legal aid
Lawyers and doctors gathered at Queen’s Park on Tuesday to protest against a provincial government funding cut to legal aid…
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Legal Aid Ontario will stop accepting new immigration, refugee cases following cuts
The head of Legal Aid Ontario says a funding cut from the provincial government means the agency’s lawyers will stop…
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Legal Aid funding cut nearly 30% in Ontario budget
Legal Aid Ontario got hit with a major cut in Thursday’s budget as the provincial government pulled $133 million and…
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Refugee advocates ‘shocked and dismayed’ over asylum changes in budget bill
Lawyers and advocates who work directly with refugees say they are dismayed by proposed changes to asylum laws included in…
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