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Refugees from North Korea share stories of hardship…
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…
Toronto Public Library offers mental health supports!
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…
Sudanese refugees flood home from Egypt
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…
Italy to send migrants to Albania!
Photo credit: the telegraph Italian authorities are facing a new set of challenges as they open two migrant processing centres in Albania this month where men rescued at sea will be processed for asylum. The hard-right administration says the move will combat human trafficking and allow in only those who have a genuine right to…
115 killed in a Haitian town!
Photo credit: PBS The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, according to a local official. Associated Press reports that the attack on residents of Pont-Sonde on October 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen recently. The mayor…
Man accused of helping 6 migrants cross into Canada!
Photo credit: CTV News A 42-year-old Winnipeg man, Semere Haile, has been charged with human smuggling for driving six migrants into Manitoba, according to the RCNP. CBC reports that five men from various parts of Africa and a permanent resident of Canada were allegedly arrested for allegedly crossing the US border into Canada two weeks…
Israel attacks Jabalia, Lebanon and Syria!
Photo credit: the nightly Israeli tanks went deeper into Jabala in northern Gaza on Tuesday and ordered the residents to leave while pummeling the historic Palestinian refugee camp from above. The New Arab reports that Palestinian medics said casualties had been reported in Jabalia, but they were unable to reach areas under fire. Jabalia has…