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2025 mid-year review: major immigration policies and changes implemented Refugees

2025 mid-year review: major immigration policies and changes implemented

Canada’s immigration landscape has shifted over the course of 2025. Many of the policy changes introduced have had significant implications for foreign nationals seeking temporary or permanent residence in Canada. In this article, we’ll review the major changes implemented by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), whom they affect, and…
bubmag
July 4, 2025
New book on Maggy Barankitse is a portrait of a humanitarian rising from the ashes Refugees

New book on Maggy Barankitse is a portrait of a humanitarian rising from the ashes

(RNS) — A few humanitarians have become household names: Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mahatma Gandhi. Maggy Barankitse is another — not nearly as well known, but driven by fighting injustice and a theological vision to make the world a better place. Barankitse, who is now 69 and living…
bubmag
July 3, 2025
Canada to increase financial support requirements for international students Refugees

Canada to increase financial support requirements for international students

Foreign nationals applying for Canadian study permits will soon require over $2000 in additional funds. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its proof of financial support requirement for study permit applications. For a family of one, the minimum amount of funds required — on top of first year's…
bubmag
July 3, 2025
Scientists are the latest ‘refugees’ Refugees

Scientists are the latest ‘refugees’

As scientific research opportunities are increasingly at risk, the U.S. is creating refugees of science. Instead of sticking around and remaining worried about their U.S. jobs, scientists are turning to international institutions to create new opportunities for themselves without fear of the Trump administration. Background Trump has severely curtailed research…
bubmag
July 3, 2025
WFP Egypt May Suspend Food Aid to Thousands of Vulnerable Refugees Amid Severe Funding Shortfalls Refugees

WFP Egypt May Suspend Food Aid to Thousands of Vulnerable Refugees Amid Severe Funding Shortfalls

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt has issued an urgent appeal for funding as it faces the prospect of suspending humanitarian food assistance to more than 235,000 refugees and vulnerable people in Egypt by August 2025. The challenge in securing funding, driven by shifting donor priorities, evolving…
bubmag
June 30, 2025
IRCC developing new foreign worker stream for agriculture and fish processing Refugees

IRCC developing new foreign worker stream for agriculture and fish processing

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is working towards the creation of a new foreign labour stream. The stream will focus on filling labour shortages in Canada's agriculture and fish processing sector. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration What do we know about the upcoming stream? The department…
bubmag
June 30, 2025