The waiting period to have a refugee claim heard in Canada is already long, with the claimed waiting period of a little under two years, although a five year wait is not unheard of. Canada’s acting Auditor-General, Sylvain Ricard, says…»
Highlights/refugee
Immigration & Refugees, Politics
Canada grants asylum to one of Edward Snowden’s ‘angels’
A Filipino woman and her daughter who sheltered U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden while he went into hiding in Hong Kong in 2013 boarded a plane to Toronto Monday after Canada granted them asylum, according to a charity that sponsored the…»
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Seven refugee children die in a house fire
It is heartbreaking to learn that a house fire took the lives of seven children in the eastern province of Nova Scotia, but even sadder that they were refugees from Syria who came to Canada less than two years ago…»
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Donations enable hundreds of refugees to settle in Canada
A handful of philanthropic leaders donated almost $3.5 million triggering an effort that will enable 685 refugees refugees to settle in Canada before the end of 2018. Had this not occurred, a government allowance of more than 1,000 spots for…»
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Emergency meeting on asylum seekers
House of Commons Immigration Committee to meet today after increasingly tense month on the issue of asylum claimants Last week a tense meeting between Canada’s federal immigration minister and an Ontario government minister ended in name-calling, an abrupt exit, and…»
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Sending refugee claimants to U.S. is unconstitutional: court challenge
Sending asylum seekers back to the U.S. violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canada’s international obligations, argues a current legal challenge. The Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and the Canadian Council of Churches have filed what…»
Toronto can’t accommodate more asylum seekers, says mayor
The mayor of Toronto, John Tory, says his shelter system cannot handle new waves of refugee claimants looking for somewhere to live. “Right now, we’re saying, we have a problem and we need help,” Tory said at a news conference.…»
Immigration & Refugees, International
U.S. separation of families sparks call for Canadian action
The outrage over the United States separating asylum-seeking parents from their children has elicited a demand that Canada rescind a refugee agreement it has with the U.S. The Safe Third Country Agreement stipulates that anyone who comes to an official…»
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Judge rules man not a terrorist, police insist he’s a threat
In 2017, a British Columbia resident, Othman Ayed Hamdan, was acquitted by a judge on charges of terrorism. However, the police still insist he’s a threat radicalized by Daesh (ISIS) and who was advocating for “lone wolf” style attacks in…»
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Canada braces for a potential flood of asylum claimants
(to post or read public comments on all RCI stories, scroll to very bottom of page) It was a U.S programme called Temporary Protection Status (TPS). It granted tens of thousands of Haitians and others, temporary ability to live and…»
International, Internet, Science and Technology
Canada Space Agency to study solar winds in new international project
