Refugees

Media caption, Watch: The Angel Inn hotel in Sussex engulfed by a fire By Christian Fuller BBC News A 400-year-old hotel that was housing Ukrainian refugees has been engulfed by a major blaze. The fire started in a property in North Street, Midhurst, in the early hours, before spreading to…

Published Mar 16, 2023  •  Last updated Mar 16, 2023  •  1 minute read Asylum seekers talk to a police officer as they cross into Canada from the U.S. border near a checkpoint on Roxham Road near Hemmingford, Quebec, April 24, 2022. Photo by Christinne Muschi /REUTERS Since the federal…

16 March 2023, Addis Ababa ‒ Since the beginning of February 2023, approximately 100 000 refugees, mostly women, children, unaccompanied minors, and people who are wounded or sick have reportedly arrived in Ethiopia from Somalia and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. World Health Organization (WHO) in Ethiopia is…

The war in Ukraine has given crypto the opportunity to prove its utility.The partnership of humanitarian groups Stellar and Circle has enabled the distribution of millions in crypto donations. Crypto has helped Ukrainian refugees by circumventing geographic and institutional barriers.  It has been a little over a year since Russia invaded…

Published on March 15th, 2023 at 03:15pm EDT Updated on March 17th, 2023 at 07:13am EDT IRCC held the seventh Express Entry draw of 2023 today. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued invitations to 7,000 candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 490. The number of…

A Rohingya family arrives for a meeting with Myanmar officials in Teknaf, Bangladesh on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. AFP PHOTO A Rohingya family arrives for a meeting with Myanmar officials in Teknaf, Bangladesh on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. AFP PHOTOTEKNAF, Bangladesh: Myanmar officials were meeting with Rohingya refugees on Wednesday…

Published on March 14th, 2023 at 10:00am EDT Updated on March 15th, 2023 at 03:40pm EDT Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) designates every March as Fraud Prevention Month to bring awareness to different types of fraud and scams that impact the lives of Canadian immigrants. In light of that…

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Published on March 12th, 2023 at 10:00am EDT Updated on March 30th, 2023 at 02:29pm EDT The Canadian immigration system is increasingly using the power of the internet to facilitate many parts of the newcomer journey. Toward the end of 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) “began its transition…

Published on March 9th, 2023 at 01:29pm EST Updated on March 10th, 2023 at 09:14am EST Following the recently announced quotas for the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, CIC News has obtained more information on the 2023 program outlook from an internal Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) memo from…