Refugees

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Kampala- Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee-hosting nation, is racing to keep its health system responsive as needs rise and resources shrink. With more than 1.92 million refugees living across settlements in the north, southwest, and in Kampala, the country continues to pursue an ambitious goal: delivering equitable, culturally sensitive healthcare to…

Foreign nationals working in Canada on International Experience Canada (IEC) work permits will continue to be able to receive permits for subsequent participations from within the country, under a recently-extended policy. Canada’s immigration department, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has extended a policy that allows qualifying IEC applicants to…

Anita Karabasic was born in The Netherlands in 1995, just after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended. Her parents had arrived two years earlier as refugees from Kozarac, near Prijedor, in the north of the country – one of the places marked deeply by ethnic cleansing.  Like many children…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised more than 30 terrorists and facilitated the repatriation of over 700 Nigerian refugees within one week, following intensified military operations across the North East.  The post DHQ says troops kill 30 terrorists, return 700 refugees in North-East appeared…

As far back as 2022, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was laying out that Somali refugees would dominate his state’s destiny. He even bragged about it, saying the hordes of Somalis flooding the state were the economic and cultural future of Minnesota. Here’s the chubby charlatan three years ago. (WATCH) 2022.…

NewsFeed Myanmar’s election is unlikely to change the reality for more than 1M Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fled what the UN called ‘genocidal violence’ in Myanmar. Efforts to repatriate the Muslim minority have stalled since the junta seized power in 2021. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Cox’s Bazar.…

Malians are housed in sprawling camps in southeastern Mauritania - Copyright AFP/File MICHELE CATTANI More than 1,100 people fleeing insecurity in Mali have crossed into Mauritania this week, the UN refugee agency reported Friday, saying conditions were “difficult” for the newcomers. UNHCR said 7,310 refugees had now fled to Mauritania…

If you’re counting down the weeks of Canadian work experience you need for permanent residence (PR), booking time off can raise a question: Will this delay my eligibility? Luckily, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) generally allows a reasonable period of vacation when calculating qualifying Canadian work experience under Express…

“When I was little, I thought Ukraine was the only country,” says Kateryna Reshetnikova to her friend Sofia Laptenko. “I didn’t even know Ireland existed before I came here,” replies Sofia, as the two pals chat before rehearsals for their Christmas school play. Both girls are 11 years old and…