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Families in London, Ont., with relatives stuck in war-torn Sudan are calling on Ottawa to urgently speed up the process to bring their family members to safety in Canada. After spending thousands of dollars on applications for a family-based humanitarian program that launched in February, the families say they’ve received no information …
Read More »Nearly 13K international students applied for asylum this year, data shows – National
Nearly 13,000 international students have applied for asylum in Canada in the first eight months of the year, data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shows. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, a total of 119,835 refugee claims were made in Canada. Of these, 12,915 were claimants who were on …
Read More »This single mom applied for her OSAP funding months ago. As classes begin, she’s still waiting
Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …
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