Refugees

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC’s) application backlog as of December 31, 2025, reached the highest level seen all year, following a relatively steady month-by-month increase since May of last year. By 2025's end, the overall application backlog reached 1,014,700 applications. The most notable change seen from IRCC’s recent update…

The Trump administration is advocating in court for a novel interpretation of U.S. law in order to arrest and detain refugees in Minnesota, challenging decades of bipartisan policy on refugee treatment. Over 100 refugees in Minnesota have been arrested and interrogated by immigration officers in recent weeks, according to immigration…

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I still can’t quite wrap my head around how a country built on immigration is now villainizing the very concept. The supposed “melting pot” of America that claimed to welcome the “huddled masses”…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system, in a surprise statutory holiday draw. The immigration department issued 6,000 ITAs in a draw for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have A…

A new report by two of its agencies describes systematic rights violations and abuses of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers...Read More

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system, in a surprise statutory holiday draw. The immigration department issued 279 ITAs in a draw for Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have A…

On the second-to-last day of New York Fashion Week and on the eve of President’s Day, Rachel Scott, the designer behind the independent label Diotima, hosted an extraordinary and emotionally charged runway show that, after a week defined by political apathy, at last placed the industry in direct conversation with…

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ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan and Iran so far in 2026. These returns add to the 5.4 million Afghans who have gone back to Afghanistan from the same two neighbouring countries since October 2023...Read More

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