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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo, N.Y., …
Read More »Refugee family faces separation as father and son ordered deported from Canada
An Indian man whose wife is an accepted refugee in Canada is facing deportation with the couple’s five-year-old son in what lawyers say is a troubling new practice of separating the families of people with protected status. Ravi Chauhan and his young son are set to be deported Monday, leaving …
Read More »Federal refugee employment program faces ‘extremely long, ballooning wait times’
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Instead of waiting months, a federal program is now taking years to process the applications of refugees who are living overseas and have a job waiting for …
Read More »White South Africans to the front of the line as Trump slashes refugee limit
President Donald Trump is slashing the number of refugees allowed into the United States, and people fleeing war-torn countries, human rights abuses and catastrophes will now be of lower priority than white people from South Africa. The Trump administration is cutting the number of refugee places to as few as …
Read More »Canada won’t let this Afghan refugee in from the U.S. His family worries the Taliban might kill him back home
It’s difficult for Shafiqa Jalali to talk about her son Mohammad Younesi without crying. Jalali, her husband, their four adult children and daughter-in-law all found asylum in Canada after fleeing the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in 2024. The family secured humanitarian visas from Brazil and paid human smugglers thousands of dollars to guide …
Read More »Israel says remains of 3 more hostages recovered, as refugee camp in Gaza struck
The Israeli military said Sunday that it has recovered the remains of three hostages held in the Gaza Strip. At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike and 22 wounded while waiting for humanitarian aid, according to a local hospital. The military identified the remains as those of …
Read More »White South Africans fast-tracked for refugee status set to arrive in U.S. on Monday
A group of 49 white South Africans are set to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Monday, after having been offered refugee status under a new program from the Trump administration. Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritized ahead of people from countries …
Read More »In the world’s largest refugee camp, Trump’s USAID freeze makes a bad situation worse
On a weekday at the world’s largest refugee camp, dozens of women and men form two surging queues, pushing to reach the front of the line to get their official aid registration cards processed. The crowd is made of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority Rohingya community, recently arrived …
Read More »Israel bans Palestinian refugee relief agency UNRWA from its country
Israel passed a law on Monday banning UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s work in war-torn Gaza. The lawmakers who drafted the law cited the alleged involvement of some UNRWA staffers in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, and that some UNRWA staffers …
Read More »Man accused of plotting NYC Oct. 7 attack made refugee claim in Canada: immigration consultant
While a Pakistani man living in the Toronto area was allegedly planning a mass murder of Jews in New York, he was also seeking refugee status in Canada, according to an immigration consultant. The U.S. is now aiming to extradite Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 19, after he was arrested by RCMP …
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