Refugees

Sonia Dhamani, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has criticised him for practices against refugees and migrants. A Tunisian court has sentenced Sonia Dhamani, a prominent lawyer and renowned critic of President Kais Saied, to two years in jail, lawyers have said, in a case that rights groups say…

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…

The situation of Sudanese refugees in neighbouring Chad is reaching a breaking point as the number of arrivals in the country increases, humanitarian actors warned. Chad hosts a quarter of the 4 million refugees who fled the Sudanese civil war since April 2023. An additional 80,000 people left Sudan for…

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…

Canada will launch a new permanent immigration program in 2025, based on the success of the existing Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP). The EMPP is a pathway to permanent residence (PR) designed to connect skilled refugees and displaced persons with Canadian employers. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) first launched…

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations development programme (UNDP), launched the 2025 Egypt Refugee and Resilience Response Plan (ERRRP) on Tuesday, 24 June, Egypt’s first nationally-led framework seeking USD 339 million (EGP 16.9 billion) to assist 1.8 million refugees, asylum seekers,…

As of May 31, there were 802,000 applications in Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)’s backlog. Considering that there were 760,200 applications that remained in the backlog towards the end of April, this shows an increase of 5.5%. Consult with an experienced immigration representative This is the first time there…

Nova Scotia Hundreds of health-care workers are gathering to discuss refugee and migrant health in Halifax, in the wake of dramatic policy changes toward migrants from the United States administration. Organizers of Halifax conference say attendance from U.S. down significantly Shaina Luck · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2025…

Andor is a masterpiece. There’s really no other way to describe the show. Andor‘s first season surprised viewers with the way it used its setting and characters to tell a story about the dangers of fascism to the most endangered people — refugees and the working poor — while also…

The 59 (not 49) Afrikaner “refugees” that arrived in America earlier this week are under “a lot of pressure”. So says US intelligence analyst (Retired) Colonel Chris Wyatt who is in regular contact with some of them. “They are located in multiple States around the country right now. I will…