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Photo credit: RFI The application of the European migration and asylum pact in Portugal, without more liberal measures on the entry of immigrants, will lead to a crisis in public accounts and an increase in taxes, according to a study released on Wednesday. Macau News Agency reports that the authors of the Nova SBE study…

Photo credit: CTV News Schools in Surrey, Ontario organize between 40 and 60 international field trips for students and staff each year. Half of them are to the United States.  CTV News reports that after several high-profile cases of US Immigration authorities detaining foreign travelers, Surrey’s school trips have been put on hold. Surrey superintendent…

Photo credit: NPR Beginning a new life in another place is problematic for most of us. Pulitzer Center reports that for refugees, however, it is a permanent solution to an issue that they never thought they would have to solve.  Over 6 million Ukrainians have fled across the globe since Vladimir Putin’s soldiers invaded Ukraine three…

Photo credit: the Guardian Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal.  CTV News reports that the rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United…

Photo credit; UNCHR Over 41,000 refugees have fled the Democratic Republic the Congo (DRC) into Uganda since January.  The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reports that many of them have witnessed killings, “sexual violence and other traumatic experience during their flight.  Since the end of last month, about 600 Congolese have been crossing into Uganda daily. …

Photo credit: The Tyee The vice-president of academic, students and international of Coast Mountain College, British Columbia, Titilope Kunkei, has said immigration cuts imposed by the Canadian authorities are hurting small communities. The Coast Mountain College’s Smithers campus has been running its health-care assistant program for almost six years. The program has provided staff for local hospitals…

Photo credit: Siasat The Parliament on Wednesday approved the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, which seeks to regulate the immigration, entry, and stay of foreigners in India. The Statesman reports that the Rajya Sabha nodded to the Bill after discussing it. It had already been passed by the Lok Sabha. A key aspect of the Bill…