Refugees

Athens, Greece – After 92 asylum seekers were found stripped naked on the Greek side of the Evros River on Friday, Athens and Ankara are again trading accusations of ill-treatment of refugees, taking their fight public on Twitter. The river forms part of the border between the two countries, and…

Published on October 18th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on October 18th, 2022 at 09:18am EDT CIC News has obtained an internal IRCC memo that outlines targets for the number of new citizens Canada will welcome for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.  The memo, drafted by the Operations, Planning and Performance…

Rumoured proposals to charge people in Direct Provision for rent have been condemned by People Before Profit as “divisive”.  Around 55,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland since the conflict began and in the first eight months of 2022, 8,892 asylum seekers arrived as well. Amid the worst housing crisis in…

CIC News > Latest News > General > Canada commits to attracting and retaining more international students The government has issued its response to the CIMM committee report on specific problems facing international students. Published on October 14th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Updated on October 14th, 2022 at 09:53am EDT…

Published on October 13th, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) alongside Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations concerning Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs). In all there are 13 amendments designed to strengthen protections for TFWs and enhance…

There were tears of joy and immense relief in Killarney this morning after the Government announced it was reversing its decision to relocate 135 Ukrainian refugees to Mayo. Just minutes before busses arrived to take members of the Ukrainian community who were living in Hotel Killarney to Westport, news came…

Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. The government estimates that the country’s population of over 6 million includes roughly 1.5 million refugees from neighbouring Syria, though well under 1 million are registered with the UNHCR. Lebanon’s minister for displaced people, Issam Charafeddine, in July…

Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away By Shafiqul ALAM Bangla Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 For generations Paban Baroi's family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh's mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their home, and…

CIC News > Latest News > Family > Canada to invite 23,100 interested potential sponsors for Parents and Grandparents Program 2022 IRCC has just announced the process for the PGP 2022. Canada will hold a PGP lottery yet again, drawing from the autumn 2020 interest to sponsor pool. Published on…

GENEVA — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the U.N. refugee agency’s top award on Monday and gave credit to the people behind the welcome of more than 1 million refugees, mostly from Syria, after she opened Germany’s doors to them in 2015 and 2016. Merkel said she would donate…