Refugees

The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocesan Development Organisation (NABOCADO) with support from the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), has made donations of assorted food items and toiletries to Burkinabe refugees in Sapelliga. The donation was made as part of the Organisation’s Christmas and New Year’s corporate social responsibility of giving hope to the…

‘For a country of just 38 million, Poland has one of the largest refugee populations in the world and dwindling resources with which to meet the challenge. This situation is quickly becoming dire…’ The Center for Geostrategic Studies (CGS) recently published a report analyzing the ongoing Ukrainian refugee crisis in…

Published on January 12th, 2023 at 09:05am EST Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently held consultations with the public and stakeholders to adapt the Express Entry application management system to better target Canada’s economic needs and labour shortages. The department plans to do this by creating Express Entry categories…

Kinshasa on Wednesday accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of "instrumentalizing for political purposes" Congolese refugees in Rwanda, "the height of indecency" according to the DRC government. On Monday before the Rwandan Senate, Paul Kagame declared that his country could "not continue to receive refugees" from the DRC. "I refuse to…

Germany is a haven for millions of refugees fleeing war, and while its policy isn't perfect it offers a blueprint for nations offering shelter. Refugees queue outside the Ukrainian embassy in Berlin, Germany (Image: AP/Markus Schreiber) In relative terms, it has been a low-key story. Relative, that is, to the…

Published on January 11th, 2023 at 01:00pm EST Updated on January 12th, 2023 at 05:20am EST Canada held its first Express Entry draw of the year today, and the first since November 23. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued invitations to 5,500 candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System…

Published on January 10th, 2023 at 08:00am EST Updated on January 10th, 2023 at 09:35am EST Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reports that the number of applicants in inventory has decreased from approximately 2.2 million to just over 2.1 million over December. In an email to CIC News, IRCC…

SAFE FOR NOW A Rohingya boy drinks water from a plastic cup after he and other Rohingya refugees arrived by boat in Lamnga beach, Aceh province, western Indonesia on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. AFP PHOTO BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them…

CRISP was established by the former Morrison government in late 2021, to provide a dedicated pathway for people overseas, who are referred to Australia for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and who have no family links here. Like Mr Mahmoud, about 1500 refugees are expected to…

JAKARTA: A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday (Jan 8), a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Over half of those who arrived around 2.30pm (3.30pm, Singapore…