Refugees

In the hours after CBC News published a story about an immigration officer notorious among applicants as an idle worker who left files largely untouched for years, senior staff at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) rushed to reassign all of the officer's files to other employees and marked them as "urgent," internal…

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A total of 40 women with disabilities and refugees trained in climate smart agribusiness by Social Enterprise Ghana, were on Friday presented with start-up kits to enable them grow their own businesses. The programme under the Social Enterprise Ghana’s “investing in women in Green Venture” Project, is supported by the…

The National Security Council (NSC) is currently studying the possibility of allowing refugees and asylum seekers to temporarily work in the plantation sector to address the issue of worker shortages.  Refugees and asylum seekers are currently legally prohibited from working in all sectors, including plantations.  Senator Datuk Dominic Lau brought…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a terrifying thing, with all kinds of positive and harmful potentials. Recently, fake images of Donald Trump being arrested and Vladimir Putin behind bars have been circulating on social media, and now British politicians have been given the AI treatment too. The images were mocked up…

16 families with many children being held in Pattaya immigration detention for overstaying visas Police and immigration officers inspect a resort in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri where they found 63 Chinese nationals, members of a self-exiled Christian church, who had overstayed their visas. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong) CHON BURI:…

Mochozi Bigelegele, left, and Martha Mlebinge, center, both originally from Congo, and Fatuma Hussein, right, originally from Burundi, hold handmade blankets they picked out at a Welcome Blanket giveaway event on March 21, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. The blankets were made by Vermont and out-of-state crafters as gifts for refugees…

News Newsday Reporter Monday 27 March 2023 Nizam Mohammed - The Prime Minister has met with former speaker Nizam Mohammed to discuss the plight of TT nationals, mostly Muslim women and children, stranded in “countries deemed conflict zones.” Dr Rowley, as head of the National Security Council, held talks with…

In December 1979, the final year of the genocidal dictatorship of Pol Pot, Chou Ly and her family fled from Cambodia on foot, through rainforests laden with landmines, to the relative safety of Thailand. Her husband, Nong Sira, was among the estimated 21% of Cambodians killed by the Communist Khmer…

Canada shares a land border with just one country. It is the longest border in the world. That border was at the heart of discussions between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden during the latter’s visit to Canada’s capital late last week. The result of those discussions was…