Tag: refugee crisis

Anthony Furey: Concern Over Canada’s Immigration Targets Becomes Mainstream

January 8, 2023
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Commentary One of the first major pledges of the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon forming government in 2015 was to bring in a large number of Syrian refugees within a short period of time. There was both political and public will to see this happen, as Canadians watched with concern as war…

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Over 500 Rohingya Flee Malaysian Detention, 6 Killed on Highway

April 20, 2022
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More than 500 Rohingya migrants from Burma fled Malaysia’s immigration detention center on April 20, with six of them being killed on a highway while fleeing, a Malaysian official said. Malaysia’s immigration chief Khairul Dzaimee Daud said that a total of 528 Rohingya escaped from the Sungai Bakap Temporary Immigration Depot in Penang after breaking…

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Ukrainian Refugees Welcomed in Latin America Though Few Are Staying

March 24, 2022
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Nations outside Europe are now seeing Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war turn up at their borders. In Latin America, countries like Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, and Bolivia, have made immigration policy adjustments and are taking on refugees amid the region’s latest crisis of displaced people arriving from conflict zones. Though even in the early stages of…

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UK to Resettle up to 20,000 Afghans Under New Scheme

August 18, 2021
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The UK is planning to give sanctuary to about 5,000 at-risk Afghan citizens by next year and up to 20,000 long-term, the government has announced. Western countries are currently scrambling to evacuate their citizens and their Afghan allies from Afghanistan, and preparing for an incoming refugee crisis as the future of the country is unclear with…

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