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Photo credit: The Canadian press The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has “taken back control” of immigration. He made the remark at a press conference in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, after being asked about an upcoming referendum that will ask Albertans how they want the province to deal with immigration. They include questions about…

Photo credit: The Hill Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta at the country’s northern tip, overwhelming border security, local authorities said Wednesday. The Canadian Press reports that while good weather usually brings a surge in migrant crossings by sea in the summer, Ceuta authorities said the current number of swimmers is unusual….

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned on Wednesday. The World Food Program’s acting executive director, Carl Skau, told The Associated Press during a visit to the hard-hit Ituri province…

Photo credit: CNN Revoking an immigrant’s citizenship has proven to be a costly and controversial practice over the years, but the Trump administration says hundreds of people deserve to have their citizenship stripped anyway. USA Today reports that the plan calls for ramping up the previous rare denaturalization process as a part of a broader…

Photo credit: Edmonton Journal A new province-wide poll authorized by Vote to Stay showed a strong majority of Albertans in every area of the province support staying in Canada. The Edmonton Journal reports that the online survey of 2,000 eligible Alberta voters is tied for the largest publicly released poll on Alberta’s constitutional future, and…

Royal Holloway is collaborating with Mosaik Education, an international non-governmental organization working to close the gap in university access for refugees and people affected by crisis, and building educational opportunities for refugee learners. The University will join Mosaik’s Global Response Platform, which coordinates efforts across multiple UK universities and enables them to act together in response to crises affecting…

Photo credit: Reuters Malaysian authorities detained more than 100 Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers on Monday, who had gathered outside the UN refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur, saying they were seeking protection after being evicted from their homes. All of the refugees outside the UNHCR were taken away with their belongings in four police trucks at…