Canadian immigration - changing priorities
Date: Wed, 04/27/2011 Recently released statistics show us changing trends in the immigrants and refugees Canada is admitting.Over the last six years – 2005-2010 – the total number of new permanent...
View ArticleCuts to the Interim Federal Health Program for Refugees: How do they add up?
Date: Thu, 10/18/2012When the government announced massive cuts to refugee healthcare under the IFH program, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney boasted that the cuts would save...
View ArticleConditional permanent residence - more complicated than it looks
Date: Mon, 10/29/2012 New immigration rules mean some sponsored spouses will have “conditional permanent residence” for two years – and will be subject to deportation if they don’t live with their...
View ArticlePitting citizens against refugees: Canadians know better
Date: Wed, 10/31/2012Canadians are proud of their healthcare system, and the way in which it endeavours to treat everyone equally and fairly. Refugee healthcare has long been an important part of this...
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Canadian doctors speak out on the impacts of cuts to refugee healthcare
Date: Thu, 11/08/2012
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Nastaran's story: Healthcare in limbo
Date: Wed, 12/19/2012Imagine that you have fled your country out of fear for your life. Imagine that you flee to Canada: the country does not accept you as a refugee, but it does recognize that it...
View ArticleMarketing immigration enforcement
Date: Mon, 03/18/2013The recent news about immigration raids played out for a reality TV show has drawn attention to the Canada Border Services Agency's interest in strategies of mass appeal, at the...
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It's time for Canada to sign the Migrant Workers' Convention
Date: Fri, 05/01/2015May 1st is International Worker’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements for workers’ rights, and to reflect on the limitations on these rights that must still be overcome. As...
View ArticleCourt strikes down appeal bar for nationals of Designated Countries of Origin
Date: Fri, 07/24/2015On July 23, 2015, the Federal Court ruled that denying refugee claimants from Designated Countries of Origin access to the Refugee Appeal Division is a violation of the Canadian...
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