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Iran’s ‘exemplary’ refugee resettlement efforts praised by UN
Iran, one of the states targeted by Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, is a country from which the US could learn a lot on the resettlement of refugees, the UN has said. The Soviet War in Afghanistan displaced six million people to neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in 1979. Almost four decades later, the Tehran government still shelters around one […]
Canada Is Expecting Even More Refugees to Come From the U.S
Since President Donald Trump's surprise election, some stateless U.S. migrants are choosing arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over risking deportation in America. Situations like this will become increasingly common, says Canadian immigration lawyer Richard Kurland in an interview with CBC News Thursday. And thousands will be seeking refugee status, he said. According to NPR, the Mounties can only […]
Refugees to U.S., Michigan: Some facts
Refugees seeking resettlement in the U.S. must get a referral, usually from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or sometimes from a U.S. embassy or a nongovernmental organization in which employees have been trained to handle refugee referrals. In some cases, such as those of people who seek to be reunited with close relatives […]
Welcome Refugees, Churches Say in a Public Challenge to Trump
The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations will announce on Friday a campaign to mobilize its congregants — some 30 million Americans in all […]
Trump Administration Weighs Increased Scrutiny Of Refugees’ Social Media
As President Trump prepares a new executive order on vetting refugees and immigrants, one idea keeps cropping up: checking the social media accounts of those coming to the U.S. In fact, such a program was begun under the Obama administration more than a year ago on a limited basis and is likely to be expanded. […]
France is not ‘Nazi Germany,’ stop being ‘so sentimental’ about child refugees – Tory MP
A Tory MP has told critics of the government’s decision to scrap its child refugee resettlement scheme to “stop being so sentimental.” Pauline Latham, the MP for Mid Derbyshire, stood by the government’s claim that the scheme, known as the Dubs Amendment, would act as “pull factor” and encourage more refugees to come to Europe. She claimed […]
Justin Trudeau: I won’t lecture Trump over refugee ban
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he will not lecture President Donald Trump on Syrian refugees. "The last thing Canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern," he said at the White House. Both leaders stressed the countries' shared economic goals and co-operation at […]
Australian foreign minister says U.S. refugee swap proceeding
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Saturday that a controversial refugee resettlement deal with the United States would go ahead, despite U.S. immigration officials postponing interviews with asylum seekers. Reuters reported on Friday that U.S. officials had pulled planned second-round interviews with detainees in an Australian camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, suggesting […]
Trump administration appealing Seattle judge’s halt of refugee travel ban
The Trump administration on Saturday afternoon file a notice of appeal of federal Judge James Robart’s travel-ban ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco. It is filed on behalf of “the defendants Donald Trump, in his official capacity as president of the United States; United States Department of Homeland Security; […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
