Opening our eyes to the children
Janet Dench Date: 24 September 2010“Five young children are currently being detained and incarcerated with their mothers. They have already gone through a gruelling journey, which could leave them...
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Baby steps: When will the government absorb refugee transportation loans?
Colleen French Date: 28 September 2010‘Ping’ – that’s the sound of a new message in my inbox. ‘Hooray!’ is rarely the sound you’ll hear from me when opening an email, but yesterday’s news was one of...
View ArticleForget the refugee claimants, it’s the Canadian citizens we can’t afford!
Janet Dench Date: 1 October 2010 “It is estimated that each failed asylum claim costs Canadian taxpayers $50,000, mostly in provincial social service and health costs...”read more
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Canada’s stateless children
Janet Dench Date: 12 October 2010 Snug in the womb of her mother in April 2009, Chloé couldn’t know that a change in Canadian law was about to make her stateless. Chloé was born in July 2009 in...
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Canadian immigration - changing priorities
Janet Dench Date: 27 April 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...
View ArticleCuts to the Interim Federal Health Program for Refugees: How do they add up?
Correy Baldwin Date: 18 October 2012When the government announced massive cuts to refugee healthcare under the IFH program, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney boasted that the cuts...
View ArticleConditional permanent residence - more complicated than it looks
Janet Dench Date: 29 October 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...
View ArticlePitting citizens against refugees: Canadians know better
Correy Baldwin Date: 31 October 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...
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Canadian doctors speak out on the impacts of cuts to refugee healthcare
Correy Baldwin Date: 8 November 2012 Dr.read more
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Nastaran's story: Healthcare in limbo
Correy Baldwin Date: 19 December 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...
View ArticleMarketing immigration enforcement
Janet Dench Date: 18 March 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...
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Another unspeakable tragedy on the Mediterranean
Janet Dench Date: 10 October 2013Survivors of the October 3, 2013 boat tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa shelter in an area of the tiny island's port. Credit: UNHCR/B.Molinarioread more
View ArticleForget the refugee claimants, it’s the Canadian citizens we can’t afford!
Date: Fri, 10/01/2010 “It is estimated that each failed asylum claim costs Canadian taxpayers $50,000, mostly in provincial social service and health costs...”
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Canada’s stateless children
Date: Tue, 10/12/2010 Snug in the womb of her mother in April 2009, Chloé couldn’t know that a change in Canadian law was about to make her stateless. Chloé was born in July 2009 in Belgium, to an...
View ArticleCanadian 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 Dr.
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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...
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