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.
A Palestinian girl holds aloft an empty bowl to protest food shortages in Gaza on March 12, 2024.
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In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza.
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Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
Kenya’s deployment to Haiti would contribute towards the country’s role in enhancing global peace and security.
A demonstrator waves a Haitian flag during protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024. The current crisis demands both time, and a new approach from the international community.
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Emmanuel Sael, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) e Jean-François Savard, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
Haiti will be able to emerge from the crisis it is in if it has a strong public administration and co-ordinated international aid from countries that respect human rights.
Chaos on the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
The 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was part of Napoléon’s effort to retake Haiti − then known as Saint-Domingue − and reestablish slavery in the colony.
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The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
Police officers take cover during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in April 2023, a day after a mob in the Haitian capital pulled 13 suspected gang members from police custody at a traffic stop, beat and burned them to death with gasoline-soaked tires.
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The UN is calling for a specialized support force in Haiti, where urban gangs are terrorizing the population and people are starving. Why won’t Canada step up to help?
Honduran migrants head for the United States in 2019.
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