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Ottawa is opening its arms to welcome up to 5,000 Afghan refugees evacuated by the United States under a deal to get Canadians and Canada’s allies in Afghanistan out of the war-torn country. “These refugees will be accepted as part of Canada’s recently-announced program for some 20,000 refugees, which include persecuted Afghan minorities, women human
Fearing for their lives at the hands of the Taliban, dozens of interpreters and aides to the Canadian mission in Afghanistan are now hoping to flee to Canada as refugees. Canada has been out of the region for seven years. But the United States only pulled out its troops from Bagram Airfield, the centre of
Privately-sponsored refugees have faster labour market success in Canada than refugee claimants, but the gap is eroded over time, a new study shows. While the privately-sponsored group are significantly more likely to find a job in the first year after their arrival, after four years the difference is negligible. The findings were reported in a
2020-01-31 – The number of irregular border crossers coming into Canada from the US hit 16,503 in 2019, despite federal government efforts to tackle the problem. The total was lower than the previous two years – 19,419 crossed in 2018 and 20,593 in 2017 – but still significantly higher than the norm. Despite the annual
