Refugees

Published: August 17, 2026 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 442 ITAs in a draw for candidates who hold a provincial nomination. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum…

Before the alleged violence, activists say protests had been going on for weeks against conditions at Pastrogor and the act of detention. According to Collettivo Rotte Balcaniche, “in reaction, at least one person was beaten up by a police officer, detained at the police station, and forced to sign a…

South Sudanese refugees walk in the Imvepi, Uganda, refugee settlement Friday March 31, 2017.   -   Copyright © africanews AP Last updated: 16/08 - 09:26 UN experts Two United Nations agencies warned on Friday that hundreds of thousands of refugees in South Sudan are at risk of losing much needed humanitarian…

You have your great-grandfather's baptismal record, but it is a photocopy, not a certified one, and you are not sure it will count. New IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) guidance suggests certification is not the thing an officer checks first. The source is. That guidance comes from a presentation…

A group of South African refugees living in the US has been criticised by social media users for their luxury listings featured on Amazon wish lists shared publicly. The group of predominantly white Afrikaners left their country on the premise of “racial persecution”. SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEES’ WILD WISH LISTS On…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 300 ITAs in a draw for candidates eligible under IRCC's new Transport category. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System…

Published: August 6, 2026 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 5,000 ITAs in a draw for candidates with French-language abilities. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated its temporary residence processing estimates on August 5, revealing longer waits across most application categories. Of the increases seen in IRCC’s latest wait time refresher, the most notable include A 14-week surge in work permit processing for applications from Pakistan; A one-week increase…

Aid, Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Development & Aid, Disaster Management, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Migration & Refugees A Rohingya refugee points to the landslide that killed two of Abdu Rozork’s daughters and two of their children in their…

A wartime mansion where German speakers and Jewish refugees transcribed titbits from prisoners' bugged conversations has become a museum...Read More