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Photo credit: Vancouver is awesome Canada is widely believed to be one of the world’s most immigrant-friendly countries. Apart from policies which favour immigrants, the people are also friendly to a fault. However, after inviting millions of newcomers to the country in recent years to help lift the economy, the government is reversing its course…

Photo credit: Politico Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to suspend the right to asylum in the country temporarily. BBC reports that he announced this at his centre-right Civic Coalition political grouping meeting in Warsaw. He said people smugglers were abusing the right to asylum. Poland has seen a huge increase in migrants,…

Photo credit: Texas Observer Damascus James started exchanging letters with people in Texas prisons several years ago. This project evolved into Texas Letters, a collection of letters written by people living in solitary confinement. The project’s second volume is out now. James will discuss the project in a conversation about mass incarceration in an event…

Photo credit: Reuters The Central American nation of Nicaragua has said it is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel. Reuters reports that, in a statement in which the Nicaraguan government described the Israeli government as “fascist” and “genocidal,” it said the break in relations was due to Israel’s attacks on Palestinian territories. The nation’s congress…

Photo credit: CBC A Seoul-based non-profit organized a program intended to raise awareness about the challenges faced by refugees and defectors from North Korea seeking asylum in Canada on Thursday. CBC reports that refugees from the country shared their stories of hardship, escape and survival with Winnepeggans at the event. Freedom Speakers International, which helps…

Photo credit: CityNews Toronto About one of the places a newcomer to Toronto should visit is one of the hundred branches of the Toronto Public Library. There, the visitor would see how libraries are run. Apart from the neatly stacked array of books and magazines – not forgetting the fact that there’s no shortage of…

Photo credit: UN News Despite the civil war in Sudan, the number of Sudanese refugees heading home from Egypt has been rising since July. The National reports that an estimated 1.2 million Sudanese have fled to Egypt since fighting broke out in April last year between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The…