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Canada’s role in responding to Palestinian refugee crisis a potential ‘minefield,’ experts say
Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on November 24, 2023. A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on November 24, with hostages set to be released in exchange for prisoners in the first major reprieve in seven weeks of war that have claimed thousands of lives. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
world
South Africa could abandon UN refugee treaty under new plan using Canadian-style asylum system
A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) escorts foreign migrants after being evicted from a temporary dwelling built in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Pretoria on April 21, 2023. - Refugees protesting the living condition in the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp, South Africa, have camped outside the UNHCR offices in Pretoria since 2019 demandig their repatriation. The eviction order served today will see them returning to Krugersdorp. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Trudeau says the price of justice for Israel cannot be suffering for all Palestinians
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canada
Auditor-General calls for online application portal for refugees amid severe backlogs
Auditor general Karen Hogan speaks at a news conference about four performance audit reports and three special examination reports of Crown Corporations in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
world
Israeli strikes cause heavy damage at Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp
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canada
Home-sharing platform Happipad aims to help refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto
A home-sharing platform hopes to connect refugees in need of temporary housing with homeowners who have spare rooms to rent, in an effort to help ease the shelter crisis in Toronto. The Toronto skyline is photographed from the Hanlan's Point Ferry as it travels back to the city on Thursday, June 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
canada
A look back at the journey of rebuilding: Tracing Ukrainian refugees’ first year settling into Markham
A Ukrainian flag is pictured in front of Canadian flags in Ottawa on Friday, April 1, 2022. A free new summer camp aims to help Ukrainian refugee children and their families settle in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
To help the Rohingya, the West must improve its own treatment of refugees
Saad Hammadi
canada
Proposed class-action lawsuit claims Ottawa discriminated against refugee claimants with safe country rules
Asylum seekers cross the border at Roxham Road from New York into Canada Friday March 24, 2023 in Champlain, New York. The irregular border crossing will be closed permanently tonight at midnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
canada
Toronto to open hotel rooms for 150 asylum seekers amid shelter shortages
Newly elected Mayor Olivia Chow delivers her first media availability after being sworn-in at Toronto City Hall, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
report on business
Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
FILE - An Amazon company logo is seen on the facade of a company's building in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, on March 18, 2022. Multinational companies including Amazon, Marriott and Hilton pledged Monday June 19, 2023 to hire more than 13,000 refugees, including Ukrainian women who have fled the war with Russia, over the next three years in Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
canada
Federal workers’ strike to slow immigration process
A PSAC worker holds a flag on a picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Canada's largest federal public-service union and the federal government remain at the bargaining table as workers strike and service disruptions begin to be felt across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Why the Trudeau government was right to close Roxham Road
Tony Keller
opinion
The U.S.-Canada deal maintains our tradition of dodging our responsibilities to refugees on our borders
Laura Madokoro
opinion
What if Joe Biden doesn’t want to close Roxham Road? Canada needs a Plan B
Tony Keller
canada
Asylum seekers face a long journey to freedom along Roxham Road
Asylum seekers cross into Canada from the U.S. border on Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, U.S., February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
opinion
There’s a growing crisis at Roxham Road, and Ottawa doesn’t have a plan to fix it
The Editorial Board
opinion
Canada must continue modelling its refugee efforts on its response to the Syrian crisis
Michael Adams, Jobran Khanji and Keith Neuman
u.s. politics
Canadian tech company’s platform will play key role in U.S. push for private refugee sponsorship
Craig Damian Smith (R) and Gotam Bhardwaj (L) are photographed on Jan 24, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Damian Smith is the Executive Director and co-founder, and Bhardwaj is Director of Engineering and also co-founder of Pairity, a Toronto-based company. Pairity has been tapped to deploy its potentially ground-breaking technology to make the system run more smoothly. Pairity uses an algorithm to match refugees with prospective sponsors and tracks outcomes to see how well immigrants fare as they integrate into their new communities.
canada
Montreal aid groups seek more money to help care for rise in asylum seekers
A coalition of Montreal community groups say they need more resources to help the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in the city. Volunteer Cynthia Nelson sorts through clothes donated to help new asylum seekers at a drop-off centre in Montreal, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
cost of living
Scotiabank declined her account application, then set a deposits cap. She still doesn’t know why
Elizabeth McLean poses for a photo in Vancouver, British Columbia, January 12, 2023. When Elizabeth McLean, 80, asked her local branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia in March 2020 to open a bank account to hold funds for an Afghan refugee she wanted to sponsor, she was shocked by the answer she received. Her bank of more than 50 years declined her application. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
world
Group of 184 Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia
A man stands near a boat used by Rohingya refugees to arrive in Lamnga beach, Aceh province on January 8, 2023. - A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia's western coast on January 8, police said. (Photo by Chaideer MAHYUDDIN / AFP) (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
As a refugee, I will always live between worlds – but I’m planting my flag in Canada
Hassan Al Kontar
world
As UN budgets stretch thin, African refugee camps grow desperate
Houses of refugees at Kyaka II camp in Uganda are an easy target for the thieves, the residents say.
canada
Refugee children do not place significant demands on health care, Ontario data shows
A Syrian refugee stands outside her family tent, during the visit of Canadian Minister of Immigration John McCallum to a camp in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, near the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. New research indicates refugee children and youth aged under 17 do not place substantial demands on the health care system in Ontario compared with their Canadian-born peers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bilal Hussein
report on business
Fundraising concert raises $12,000 for Ukrainian refugee flights
Roman Lakhnyuk in Edmonton. He and a friend, Bruce Callow (a Canadian who lives in Costa Rica), met in Poland last spring while doing volunteer work with Ukrainian refugees. They began raising money to cover the airfare of refugees coming to Canada. Roman is pictured here. Handout
canada
Olympic Refugee Team athletes continue trail blazing in Canada, giving refugees hope
Olympic Refugee Team athletes James Nyang Chiengjie, Rose Nathike Lokonyen and Paulo Amotun Lokoro are photographed at the Sheridan College campus in Brampton on September, 2022. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
opinion
Why Danby’s CEO is worried about refugee sponsorship as Canada teeters toward a recession
Rita Trichur
canada
Canada ‘contracts out’ obligations to refugee claimants, advocates tell top court
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, on Aug. 1, 2019. Border officers say they've made significant seizures of so-called "ghost guns" made from 3D-printed parts and lacking serial numbers in the B.C. Interior, after intercepting international deliveries arriving at mail centres in Vancouver and Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh