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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
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