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Syrian refugees in Calgary, GTA, elsewhere celebrate Assad’s fall!
Photo credit: the Globe and Mail On Sunday in Calgary, hundreds celebrated in front of the city hall, waving Syrian and Canadian flags, dancing, and chanting. CTV News reports that Sam Nammoura, co-founder of the Syrian Refugee Support Group, said, “This is the right for a glorious future. Any hiccups along the way, we will…
Fiji’s illegal immigrant population doubles in a year!
Photo credit: RNZ In Fiji, the government has announced new measures to tackle its soaring immigration population. Scoop World reports that the number of illegal residents in the country has doubled in a year and now stands at more than 8000. A government source told RNZ Pacific that 90 per cent of offenders were Pacific Islanders who had…
Thousands of immigration offenders in Malaysia seize advantage of government program to return home!
Photo credit: Benar News Some 27,000 foreign nationals in Malaysia guilty of immigration offences have taken advantage of a government program that allows them to return home for a nominal fee. CNA reports that the Mirant Repatriation Program initiative started on March 1 and will end on December 31. Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department director Wan Mohammed Saupee…
Syrian government falls after 50 years…
Photo credit: NPR The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. AP reports that the man who read the statement said the Operations Room To Conquer Damascus, an opposition group,…
Punjab student shot dead in Canada!
Photo credit: Times of India A 20-year-old Punjab student has been shot dead in \Canada. The Times of India reports that the student was shot down in an apartment in Edmonton on Friday. Canadian police have named the two accused as Evan Rain and Judith Saulteaux. Both have been arrested and charged wiy=th first-degree murder….
Rohingya refugees lack water and power!
Photo credit: UNHCR The revenue department has decided to cut power and water supply to Rohingya refugees in Jammu. The Telegraph online sports that this has caused a row, with a minister from the Omar Abdullah government opposing the move. The department has identified 409 refugee families in Jammu who will lose power and water supply….
Canada Post strike continues…
Photo credit: Global News A negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (OUPW) says Canada Post’s latest offer to end the ongoing strike shows the carrier is moving in the “opposite direction.” CTV News reports that CPUW negotiator Jim Gallant said, in a televised interview on Friday, that the union received a low offer from…