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How this new Toronto facility plans to support refugees, asylum seekers across the city
The Toronto branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will be opening a transition house next month. As CBC’s Greg Ross reports, the facility will be dedicated to supporting asylum seekers and refugees across the city.
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Asylum seekers share struggles and dreams through art in new exhibition for World Refugee Day
Artist and human rights activist Salma Zulfiqar talks about the creation of the Migration Blanket Project ahead of World Refugee Day. "The artworks we've got on display here show the lives of asylum seekers and refugees when they left...
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Support from all levels of government needed to help house asylum seekers, advocate says
Last summer, hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees arrived in the GTA. Due to a lack of shelter space, many were forced to sleep on Toronto's streets in front of shelters and churches. One year later, CBC’s Chris Glover checks in with...
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Immigration 101: Refugees, Migrants, Asylum Seekers - What's the Difference?
We hear these terms all the time. Migrant. Refugee. Asylum seeker. Immigrant. What’s the difference? Let’s break it down. A migrant is a person moving from country to country for any number of reasons - better life, better job, more...
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Why Do Migrants Want to Come to the UK? The Appeal of Britain to Refugees Explained - TLDR News
With footage of asylum seekers and migrants crossing the channel to get to Britain, some are beginning to question why they're making the trip at all. I mean, they've already made it to Western Europe, why then risk your life in a dinghy...
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Asylum applications in the EU drop by 17% in June as countries tighten borders
Syrians remain the largest group among asylum seekers, while Germany, Spain, Italy and France face the most cases.
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Legault's plan for asylum seeker waiting zones not humane, advocate says
Quebec Premier Francois Legault's idea for a waiting zone for asylum seekers is not the appropriate approach to the issue, Abdulla Daoud, the executive director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, told CBC chief political correspondent...
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5 questions at the heart of the debate on the proposed tent-like centres for asylum seekers
The City of Ottawa's plan to address the surge of asylum seekers has raised questions and controversy in the neighbourhoods expected to host them.
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Woman describes life inside one of Ottawa's overflow shelters for asylum seekers
The Heron Community Centre was turned into an emergency shelter to house more than 200 refugees and asylum seekers. The city says it's working to have more purpose-built shelter space to manage the crisis in Ottawa's shelter system.
Big Think
Can Ancient Rome's Immigration Policy Reframe Today's Refugee Question? With Mary Beard.
Ancient Rome was a very different world from ours, so it does have any lessons to teach us? Historian Mary Beard sayd, while we shouldn't model our behavior on any ancient society, Rome's treatment of immigrants is illustrative. Beard's...
The Guardian
Second innings
From Afghanistan to London, three boys build a new life playing cricket. Tucked away in suburban south London, matches take place every week for young and often traumatised asylum seekers. Many have fled war and have been separated from...
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Why asylum seekers risk their lives sneaking into Canada
CBC's Teghan Beaudette looks at why refugee claimants are risking their lives in freezing temperatures or on marathon swims to sneak into Canada.
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EU piles pressure on Turkey to open border to Syrian refugees
The European Commission is reiterating its call for Turkey to open the border near the southern town of Kilis, where more than 35,000 Syrians are waiting. Many of the people have fled an escalating government assault on Aleppo....
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Afghan musicians granted asylum in Portugal
After being silenced by the Taliban takeover, students and faculty from the Afghan National Institute of Music have been granted asylum in Lisbon, Portugal, where they hope to rebuild the internationally acclaimed school.
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Greece plans to install sea barrier to prevent influx of migrants
Greece wants to put up a sea barrier to deter refugees and asylum-seekers from reaching its islands.
The Guardian
Then the shooting started': Afghan asylum seekers on the moment they lost their family
Said fled Afghanistan with his wife and seven children. Only he and his nine-year-old son Wali Khan made it to Britain. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Their life in Derby is precarious and for Said, who is...
Kult America
Arab Refugee in Poland
When America started bombing Iraq in the early 2000's I felt terrified, disgusted and ashamed of what my country was doing. So when I had the opportunity to sit down with someone who lived through the war from the other side, I...
The Daily Conversation
Europe's Refugee Crisis Explained
New ReviewAn examination of the European Migration Crisis.
NPR
Refugee Mother: Stuck on Europe's Doorstep | NPR
Rasha al-Ahmed fled nearly 1000 miles only to find that there was no more room at the refugee camp. Her family lives with others just outside Moria Camp in Greece, and she doesn't know how long they'll be stuck there. She and thousands...
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Why seeking asylum in America is so difficult
America has led the world in refugee resettlement for 15 years, but asylum cases have pushed political tempers to a tipping point. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Asylum is one way that refugees come to America. If you’ve...
The Atlantic
The Surge of Refugees Fleeing the U.S. for Canada Ignites Debate
Hundreds of asylum seekers are crossing from the U.S. into the small border town of Emerson, Manitoba. Most are of African origin, motivated by fear of deportation. Nearly 300 refugees have claimed asylum in the small town since the...
The Guardian
Australia's asylum arrivals to be sent to Papua New Guinea: Kevin Rudd's announcement
Australia's asylum arrivals to be sent to Papua New Guinea: Kevin Rudd's announcement Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Under a new arrangement signed with Papua New Guinea, Kevin Rudd has announced that any asylum...
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How does asylum in the UK work? | New Arrivals
Britain’s asylum system is a mixture of government bureaucracy and private provision of housing. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian People arriving from conflict zones and persecution are given around £5 per day...
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Rome's homeless refugees at the heart of European law row
Europe's refugees face a growing crisis -- they cannot escape poor living conditions in Italy because European law doesn't allow them to leave their first country of entry. Britain's right to remove refugees and asylum seekers under the...