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Photo credit: Politics Home Thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK have been placed at risk of homelessness and exploitation.The Guardian reports that while the UK government’s schemes provided a lifeline to families seeking sanctuary, some Ukrainians faced weaknesses in safeguarding procedures and a lack of sufficient training and ongoing support for hosts.  Since the…

Photo credit: the New York Times 11 years ago, precisely on July 8, 2013, Toronto witnessed more than a month’s rainfall in just hours.  CBC reports that a similar thing happened on Tuesday, with the rain starting around 9 a.m. and catching many commuters off guard. Shortly after the rain, there were power outages in the…

Photo credit: Immigration New Zealand Eight staff of Immigration New Zealand have been asked to step down from their duties in the past several weeks over “a series of what appears to be inappropriate and unprofessional Teams chats”.  RNZ reports that NZ Alison McDonald, Head of Immigration NZ, confirmed that the minister had been informed….

There’s no doubt about the fact that he set forth at dawn! His lifelong activism proves it. Recounting his interventions, in most cases, at the risk of his dear life almost seems like a fairy tale. He stuck his neck out when most of his peers were running, tail between their legs, into the bosoms of their…

Photo credit: CBC The provincial government of Ontario committed to enacting new laws to protect migrant farm workers last July but is yet to follow it through. To this end, the advocacy group Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) has sent the province an open letter. In the letter, the group calls for agriculture-specific requirements for…

Photo credit: BBC Although police from Kenya have been deployed to Haiti, the gangs terrorizing the country have warned they would resist the deployment of the Kenyan policemen, who are better armed and equipped than their hosts. The Washington Post reports that hundreds of Kenyan police officers were deployed to Haiti to beat back the…