Refugees

After a desperate dash for freedom last August, refugee families from Afghanistan who are still being shuffled from hotel to hotel right here in Canada feel like they are caught in some kind of purgatory. For 10 months, Nelofar, her siblings and parents have lived in a hotel room. No…

Published on June 16th, 2022 at 09:00am EDT Updated on June 21st, 2022 at 08:51am EDT CELPIP stands for the Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program. The CELPIP Test is an English language proficiency test that provides test takers with a way demonstrate their ability to function in English. The…

London, United Kingdom, June 15, 2022 --(PR.com)-- The Hackney based charity is offering 16-25 year olds free part-time (mainly weekends, evenings or afternoons) "on the job" training in all aspects of film-making. Planned short documentaries will include the meaning and importance of solidarity historically and today. Director Ceri Dingle said today:…

Published on June 15th, 2022 at 01:00pm EDT Updated on June 15th, 2022 at 03:15pm EDT The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) started in 1998 as a way for the federal and provincial governments to spread the benefits of immigration throughout Canada. Provinces can hand-pick candidates whom they feel will support…

The provincial government-chartered flight, carrying 177 more people fleeing war, arrived at St. John's International Airport Tuesday night. Iryna Krasilnikova travelled with her dog Prince from Ukraine to Poland to St. John's. (Ted Dillon/CBC)A second plane carrying Ukrainian refugees fleeing war has arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador.  The flight, chartered by…

As a plane carrying 177 Ukrainian refugees touched down in St. John’s, N.L., Tuesday night, Pamela Ryder Lahey was at the front of the crowd inside the airport waiting for five young people to walk through the gates. The retired chief executive officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court…

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. The exemption will be applied…

In the third episode, we speak with Loly Rico of the FCJ Refugee Centre and Rachel Bryce, from the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers about the multiple issues facing those fleeing poverty, destabilization, the borderless crises of conflict and climate change and the responsibility of Canada to provide asylum.  “Refugee…

Thousands of pensioners to get cost-of-living hikes Thousands of pensioners are in line for badly needed increases in income to help them deal with rising inflation, thanks to a change in Revenue rules. 3,400 Ukrainian refugees will have nowhere to live as State contract with hotel runs out Around 3,400…

Published on June 9th, 2022 at 01:00pm EDT Couples and families with multiple adults will soon be able to apply for citizenship online, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Currently, only single adult applicants can submit their citizenship applications online. However, IRCC told CIC News in an email…