The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises that has the world looking to Canada for more help.
An increasing number of asylum seekers to Quebec is putting pressure on the province’s social services network, with homeless shelters in Montreal bearing the brunt of the influx of people, advocates say.
A funding shortfall for fragile Middle Eastern states that host refugees could lead to turbulence in international relations, the UN refugee chief for that region is warning.
The Rainbow Community Garden project has been growing since 2008 and now supports more than 360 newcomer families across eight sites in Winnipeg, Niverville and Landmark.
Canada's treatment of Ukrainians fleeing war has been distinctly different to those fleeing other humanitarian crises, the House of Commons immigration committee said on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, and MPs want that to change.
A new figure released by the UN refugee agency states more than 2.3 million have arrived in Poland, but many have traveled onward to other countries or back into Ukraine.
Many Ukrainian-Canadians have families who have sought refuge in Poland, Romania and Hungary and will have to wait for days, maybe weeks, to have their visas processed.
Mistrust in government can play a big role in where and how refugees and newcomers are accessing COVID-19 information, write Leila El Shennawy and Meral Jamal.
