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Florida man helps Syrians reunite in Vancouver
A Florida man has helped Syrian refugees reunite in Vancouver. Due to U.S. immigration rules, Tom Smith had to find a group in Canada willing to help sponsor refugees to take his money. Smith was in Vancouver to welcome the Syrians he...
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The Syrian musicians aiming to transform trauma
Coming together to make music, thousands of kilometres away from their homeland. A group of Syrian musicians - who fled the war - have been performing at a cultural pop-up event in Brussels. "I founded 'Syrians Got Talent' just after the...
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Syrian musicians transforming trauma into art
Coming together to make music, thousands of kilometres away from their homeland, a group of Syrian musicians who fled the war have been performing at a cultural pop-up event in Brussels. "I founded 'Syrians Got Talent' just after the...
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'Words are my only weapons' - Syrian activist's push for peace
From dusty Syria to the crowded Belgian university town of Louvain-la-Neuve. Yahia Hakoum's life has changed so much since 2011, the year he joined protests against Bashar al-Assad's regime. He was picked up and jailed for 45 days,...
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Asylum seekers in Canada face harsh working conditions
Some asylum seekers in Canada face harsh and sometimes dangerous working conditions as they wait for a decision on their refugee status. CBC News spoke to one Haitian asylum seeker who came forward to tell his story of how he was...
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Report: Canada should lead efforts to address Rohingya crisis
A report from Bob Rae, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s special envoy on the Rohingya crisis, recommends Canada take a lead role in efforts to address it. In his third and final report, Rae says Canada should play a key role at the...
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'Turkey needs Europe, Europe needs Turkey'
Turkey's not exactly the flavour of the month in the EU right now, but - as the two sides meet at a summit in Bulgaria - President Erdogan says it's time for the bloc to "keep to its promises." Ankara kicked off formal membership...
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Brief from Brussels: What next for EU-Turkey relationship?
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The future of Turkey-EU relations is in the spotlight, as both sides meet for a summit in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Varna. With membership talks having collapsed, but Ankara being a...
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Canada’s border crisis: Trump or Trudeau to blame?
A flow of refugee claimants are walking across the border from the US...illegally. What’s driving it? Trudeau’s #WelcomeToCanada tweet? Or Trump’s immigration policies? The CBC’s Wendy Mesley speaks with Toronto Mayor John Tory about the...
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Refugees come to Canada to escape gender persecution
More than 15 per cent of female refugees who came to Canada in the past five years did so to escape gender persecution, according to a CBC News investigation. Gender persecution is the most common reason women seek refuge in Canada,...
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World Economic Forum opens in Davos
Davos founder Klaus Schwab welcomed delegates to the annual meeting of movers and shakers in the Swiss resort with an appeal for them to engage not just their brains but their hearts and souls as well as he addressed the meeting's theme...
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Asylum seekers in Canada face indefinite delays
The influx of asylum seekers into Canada this year has overwhelmed the Immigration and Refugee Board, leaving countless people in limbo as they wait for hearings
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Entrepreneurs rising to the challenge of social needs
Finding new solutions to the needs of society is often seen as a challenge for governments and NGOs, but entrepreneurs can also play their part. The European Social Innovation Competition (ESIC) seeks to tap into the talent and energy of...
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Reporter's Notebook - Karishma Vyas in Cambodia and the United States
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - We ask reporter Karishma Vyas about the moment she’ll remember most about filming Forced Back to Cambodia.
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Far-right groups clash with counter-protesters in Ottawa
Scuffles broke out between far-right and anti-racist groups on Parliament Hill Saturday, while a separate rally in Quebec forced the temporary shut down of a border crossing
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The Iraqi Woman Who Risked Everything for Journalism
Deborah Campbell is the author of "A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War." It tells the story of her travels to Syria in 2007 to cover the Iraqi refugee crisis. When Campbell's friend Ahlam, an Iraqi...
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Forced to Cambodia
Cambodian Americans who have committed crimes in the US are being deported to Cambodia, a country many have never been. Meet the deportees separated from their families.
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The Brief from Brussels: EU seeks new migration policy
This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. In this episode: the European Commission unveils new migration policy, and EU officials meet with African delegates in Brussels.
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Toronto-based charity helps LGBT Chechens find asylum in Canada
Rainbow Railroad is working with the Canadian government to grant asylum to at-risk LGBT individuals from Chechnya
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Guarding Canada-US illegal border crossings
U.S. border control officers are struggling to cope with the number of asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada
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Trudeau touts Canada’s openness — as long as it’s legal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada remains an open and compassionate country, but reaffirmed that new arrivals must follow proper border crossing procedure
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Exclusive: French police accused of abusing Calais migrants
They have ended up in Calais in search of a better life, only to have their dreams shattered. Nine months after the so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was pulled down, aid workers have told Euronews that migrants are living through hell. It comes...
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Exclusive: Desperate plight of Calais migrants
Nine months after Calais’ so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was razed to the ground, migrants have returned – and are even more desperate to get across the Channel to England. What had become a vast shanty town, sheltering up to 10,000 people, was...