Refugees

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…

Filled with sadness and hopes of a victorious 2023, hundreds of Ukrainian refugees celebrated their first Christmas since fleeing the Russian invasion at a contemporary theatre in Warsaw. The celebrants at the Nowy Teatr, a former truck repair workshop, were among the 1.5 million Ukrainians who have settled in Poland…

Immigrant employees at the Eder Flag factory in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, work on American flags in the new film "The Flagmakers." Photo: Courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films A new National Geographic documentary is examining life inside a factory that makes American flags and whose employees are primarily refugees and…

Published on January 5th, 2023 at 08:00am EST An internal memo from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on July 18, 2022, recommends the implementation of clear guidelines for the establishment of pilot programs following an internal audit conducted last March by the Internal Audit and Accountability Branch of IRCC.…