Refugees

Published on March 1st, 2023 at 01:44pm EST Updated on March 14th, 2023 at 12:34pm EDT IRCC held the sixth Express Entry draw of 2023 today. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued invitations to 667 candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 748. This was the…

Home News (Image credit: Lannny Cordola/YouTube) A team of A-list musicians have teamed up with a group of Afghan refugees currently living in Pakistan to record a defiant cover of Tom Petty’s anthemic 1989 track, I Won’t Back Down. Though the collective of musicians boasts some impressive names – including…

Published on March 1st, 2023 at 09:04am EST Updated on March 1st, 2023 at 02:56pm EST Every year in March, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) participates in the Canadian government’s Fraud Protection Month to shed light on the fraud experienced by newcomers to Canada and how they can protect…

1 March 2023 By Vasco Botelho and Hannah Hägele Millions of Ukrainians were displaced by Russia’s unjustified war and have found refuge in the euro area. Many refugees want to work and thus increase the euro area labour force. This ECB Blog post updates previous calculations by considering novel information…

CIC News > Latest News > Immigration > IRCC invites Canadians to directly influence future immigration policies and programs Canada is calling this initiative “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future”. Published on February 24th, 2023 at 08:00am EST In a press release yesterday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced…

Valentina Bren, who now lives in Orland Park, said she’ll never forget going to the funeral for her former student, who died in the line of duty defending Ukraine at the start of the Russian war. Olenka Sus, who now lives in Palos Hills, said she’ll never forget the sounds:…

GENEVA (AP) — Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict. Estimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an incomplete picture of the deaths and suffering. Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories…

Published on February 23rd, 2023 at 09:55am EST Today, the Government of Canada announced that they are “resuming the collection of biometrics” for individuals applying for temporary residence (TR) from within Canada. This resumption comes more than 31 months after Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) – on July 15,…

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Published on February 22nd, 2023 at 08:00am EST Every year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) releases an annual report on Express Entry – the federal government’s primary immigration pathway for foreign skilled workers seeking Canadian permanent residence (PR). Launched in 2015, Express Entry manages three different programs: the Canadian…