Refugees

Published on May 11th, 2023 at 02:27pm EDT Updated on May 15th, 2023 at 09:48am EDT A recent Access to Information Request (ATIP) to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) obtained by CIC News shows that the department is considering a new method of processing work permits for some foreign…

SOSUA, Dominican Republic (JTA) — Sitting inside a small wood-frame synagogue just around the corner from Playa Alicia, where tourists sip rum punch while watching catamarans glide by, Joe Benjamin recounted one of the most uplifting but often forgotten stories of Jewish survival during the Holocaust. “I was bar mitzvahed…

Published on May 10th, 2023 at 01:01pm EDT Updated on May 10th, 2023 at 03:20pm EDT IRCC has held the twelfth Express Entry draw of 2023. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued a total of 589 invitations to apply (ITAs) in a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) specific draw. Candidates…

Nairobi — An Inter-governmental Steering Committee has been formed to develop Kenya's Marshall Plan for refugees as part of the government's commitment to facilitate refugees' self-reliance and ease the pressure on the host communities. The committee will be coordinated by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki. The plan will also guide…

On the evening of Jan. 29, 2017, a 27-year old opened fire in a mosque in Quebec City, killing six people and injuring 19. The shooter was apprehended rather than being killed, allowing a rare glimpse into the potential motivation for such a senseless and racially charged mass killing. After…

BEIJING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in China on Sunday on the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years, with the rival powers looking to lower the temperature after soaring tensions. Neither side expects breakthroughs during Blinken’s two-day visit, with the world’s two largest economies at…

Unwilling to cut ties with Russia, Serbia has nonetheless welcomed thousands of Ukrainian refugees. Few, however, feel very comfortable or plan to stay. Originally from the Ukrainian city of Odessa, Andriy Zaretsky admits Serbia would not have been his preferred choice of refuge from the war in his homeland. Nor…

Hundreds of refugees fleeing ongoing violent unrest in Sudan have crossed the border into Ethiopia. Fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15 between the army and paramilitary forces, and so far at least 700 people have been killed, most of them civilians. "Our safety and life comes first, we can't be…

British man says his relatives are among missing after migrant boat sank off Greek coast LONDON: Aftab Khan, a British man from Wolverhampton, fears members of his family are among the hundreds of people missing after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece…

ANKARA: With only a few days until the critical ballot in Turkiye on May 14, the issue of refugees has again resurfaced during the election campaigns of candidates. The main opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu recently released a video outlining his plans for refugees if the Nation Alliance is victorious.…