Refugees

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system, in a surprise statutory holiday draw. The immigration department issued 6,000 ITAs in a draw for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have A…

A new report by two of its agencies describes systematic rights violations and abuses of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers...Read More

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system, in a surprise statutory holiday draw. The immigration department issued 279 ITAs in a draw for Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have A…

On the second-to-last day of New York Fashion Week and on the eve of President’s Day, Rachel Scott, the designer behind the independent label Diotima, hosted an extraordinary and emotionally charged runway show that, after a week defined by political apathy, at last placed the industry in direct conversation with…

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ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan and Iran so far in 2026. These returns add to the 5.4 million Afghans who have gone back to Afghanistan from the same two neighbouring countries since October 2023...Read More

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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…