When it comes to protection for refugees on the basis of cultural heritage loss, there are very few pathways available.
Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine arrive at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in May 2022.
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The homestay — often a refugee’s first encounter with a new society — is not just about providing a roof over their heads. It’s also about ensuring safety, dignity and integration into a new country.
New Canadians raise their right hands as Immigration Minister Marc Miller administers the Oath of Citizenship during a citizenship ceremony in Ottawa in February 2024.
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The rise in anti-immigration sentiments, especially amid challenging conditions, could have far-reaching consequences for Canada’s social harmony and economic prosperity.
Women who have moved to Australia, particularly from traumatic settings, are particularly at risk of gendered violence. Here’s what our research found helps them to speak up.
A Sudanese refugee carries her son as they arrive in Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, in May 2023. Sudan has been torn by civil war for more than a year, resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
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By capping immigration applications from Sudanese people fleeing the civil war at 3,250, and limiting eligibility to Sudanese with family in Canada, the federal government is leaving millions behind.
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High Court decisions, government announcements and opposition speeches have all discussed migration. It’s become a heated, sometimes panicked conversation.
Demonstrators rally near the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan in April 2019. Protests led by neighbourhood resistance committees and the Sudanese Professionals Association - an umbrella group of unions - forced President Omar al-Bashir from power on April 11, 2019.
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In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
Sharing eyewitness accounts of atrocities is a powerful way of gathering international sympathy, and it has a long history.
Integrating child, youth and young adult refugees into learning systems and supporting their educational achievement is a provincial responsibility, but a national concern.
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The bill, which aims to force people to cooperate in their own deportation, was subject to an inquiry. The government wants to proceed with the bill unchanged, despite widespread community concerns.
Safe Haven is an excoriating account of a shameful period of Australian history, told in a life-affirming voice that imagines a more humane future.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller recently expressed alarm over asylum claims by international students at private colleges.
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Recent comments about international students in Canada significantly abusing the asylum system are misleading and obscure the context needed to understand a complex issue.
The men’s dormitory at a new center for asylum-seekers in Portland, Maine.
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People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
Turkish citizens waving Turkish flags and celebrating the results of the 2024 elections. Victory for the CHP political party.
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Refugees play a key role in Turkish politics. Last month’s electoral shock raises the question of how – or whether – elections can change the situation for displaced people.
The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge has been the site of a legionella outbreak and other unsafe living conditions.
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Each year the UK incarcerates thousands of asylum seekers in prison-like immigration detention centres.
Members of the security forces try to stop protesters during a pro-Palestinian rally near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, in October 2023.
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham