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April 18, 2019

Advocates cry foul over ‘buried’ changes

A man who told police he was from Mauritania in Africa is taken into custody by RCMP officers after walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Ottawa - A government crackdown on asylum seekers who enter Canada at “irregular” border crossings has refugee advocates crying foul.

Published in Canada
April 27, 2017

Immigration minister vows faster processing times for refugees

Canada's immigration minister Ahmed Hussen says his department is working closely with Canadian Sonsorship Agreement Holders to speed up the bureaucratic application process for refugee sponsors.

The problem of long processing times for refugees to Canada will be fixed by 2019, promises Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen.

Published in Canada
March 21, 2017

Canada renews commitment to global refugee agency with additional $1.6 million

ICMC general secretary Msgr. Bob Vitillo and Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen shake hands after renewing a commitment by the Canadian government to help fund the Catholic migration agency.

The Canadian government is giving an international Catholic refugee agency another $1.6 million to help put people on the road to a better life.

Published in Canada
January 18, 2017

Canada's new immigration minister is a former Somali refugee

By choosing Ahmed Hussen as Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending a message to new Canadians that they can succeed.

OTTAWA – The promotion of former Somali refugee Ahmed Hussen to immigration minister sends a positive signal to immigrants and refugees, said Canada’s former ambassador to the Holy See.

Published in Canada