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September 13, 2015

Refugees play the waiting game

Seven-year-old Maranatha Anibal and his mother Yeshi Wubet are stuck in limbo in Ethiopia. The Eritrean refugees have been waiting for more than a year to hear if their refugee application to relocate to Canada will be processed. It takes an average of 59 months to be processed through Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Nairobi post.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Yeshi Wubet carries a scrap of hope around in her purse, folded and unfolded to the point of fragility. It’s a letter from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees office in Addis Ababa dated July 7, 2014 and signed by Assistant Representative (Protection) Milagros Leynes.

Published in Special Report from Africa
January 13, 2015

Catholic sponsors set to answer call as Canada to take in 13,000 refugees

Syrian refugees warm themselves around a fire Dec. 3 in Ankara, Turkey. Martin Mark, right, executive director of Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto welcomes Canada’s pledge to bring in more refugees from the Middle East, but wished the government had consulted with refugee advocates before making its announcement.

TORONTO - Catholic refugee sponsors stand ready to do their part in bringing 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, but they want to hear more from the federal government about its plans.

Published in Canada