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Jun 1, 2018  The gap between Trudeau's rhetoric and the reality for refugees widensMatthew Behrens The gap between Trudeau's rhetoric and the reality for refugees in Canada continues to widen. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen recently said: "We do not appreciate or welcome irregular migration." |
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Jun 1, 2018  The false promise of Trudeau's welcome to refugeesThe gap between Trudeau's rhetoric and the reality for refugees in Canada continues to widen. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen recently said: "We do not appreciate or welcome irregular migration." |
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Apr 26, 2018  Journalist Manuel Duran's arrest is a blow against press freedom and immigration rightsA well-known journalist was arrested while covering a protest against immigration detention, then was handed over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities for deportation. |
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Dec 30, 2017  In 2017, journalism was still an unacceptably dangerous professionThe case of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, who fled Mexico at the risk of assassination, highlights the dangers that journalists still face in speaking out and exposing corruption. |
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Dec 22, 2016  Palestinian filmmaker facing deportation from Norway after officials claim he is not a directorNorwegian film organizations and unions have banded together in an international call for help in the case of a Palestinian filmmaker, Mohamed Jabaly, who could be deported Dec. 30. |
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Aug 3, 2016  Immigration detainees end 18-day hunger strikeSophia Reuss Resistance against indefinite detention amps up as massive solidarity action planned for October and groups continue to pressure Minister Goodale. |
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Jul 14, 2016  Immigration detainees on hunger strike demand meeting public safety ministerSophia Reuss Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has refused a meeting with the immigration detainees. In the past five months, three people have died in immigration detention. |
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Mar 29, 2016  'Project Guardian' raids on caregivers leads to calls for immigration reformEthel Tungohan The continued rights abuses of caregivers in Canada, now exacerbated by the "Project Guardian" initiative, are drawing much-needed attention to the Caregiver program and its need for reform. |
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Mar 3, 2016  Trudeau's brother lobbies government to stop deportation of HarkatKarl Nerenberg Alexandre Trudeau is publicly lobbying his brother to stop the deportation of Mohamed Harkat, who came to Canada as a refugee, and has never been been found guilty of any act of violence. |
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Jan 7, 2016  U.S. targets Kurdish activist for deportation in senseless act of counterterrorismIbrahim Parlak is, by all appearances, a classic example of the immigrant success story. There is just one problem: The U.S. government is trying to deport him to Turkey. |
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Oct 7, 2015  Sophie Harkat's husband Mohamed is being deported. Here's what she has to say.Sophie Harkat Mohamed Harkat was arrested under a security certificate on December 10, 2002. After 13 years of pure hell, Harkat received his deportation papers in the middle of the 2015 federal election campaign. |
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Sep 25, 2015  Intolerable suffering of refugees' limbo in CanadaThose bemoaning the "cost" of bringing Syrian refugees to Canada should ask how much it costs to needlessly destroy the lives of refugees who are already here. |
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Mar 30, 2015  Migrant advocacy groups fight April 1 temporary foreign worker deportationsEthel Tungohan With the April 1 deportation deadline looming, migrant advocacy groups are holding demonstrations to show temporary foreign workers deserve to stay in Canada. |
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Mar 17, 2015  Deportation deadline approaching for migrant workersRedeye On April 1, thousands of migrant workers will be required to leave Canada under recent changes to Canada's immigration policy, and they won't be allowed be back for at least four years. |
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Oct 6, 2014  Ten key facts about the Lucia Vega Jimenez inquestHarsha Walia This past week an all-white jury listened to testimony at the inquest into the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez while in Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) custody. What it found should be shocking. |
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Sep 12, 2014  Made Stateless by Canada - The Ongoing Saga of Deepan BudlakotiAw@l An Interview with Deepan Budlakoti, an Ottawa-born man whose citizenship was unilaterally revoked by the Harper government, a move that was recently upheld by a federal judge |
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Sep 3, 2014  Egypt spurns foreign NGOsChalaine Chang A proposed law in Egypt would severely restrict NGOs from doing their work -- and it's happening already. The most recent NGO to run afoul of the law there? Human Rights Watch. |
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Jul 19, 2014  Update with Deepan Budlakoti, made stateless by CanadaAw@l Update with Deepan Budlakoti, a target of the Harper government who, despite holding only Canadian citizenship and having lived in the country his entire life, risks deportation. |
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May 1, 2014 Canadian campaign to reverse the deportation order on Jose FigueroaMigrant Matters Jose Figueroa is a Canadian-Salvadorean currently fighting a deportation order in Langly, B.C. Jose joins an annual Guelph panel on May Day via Skype, to speak about his We Are Jose campaign. |
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May 1, 2014  This International Workers' Day: Support, don't deport.No One Is Illegal Last Thursday, Jason Kenney announced a moratorium on new and pending permits of migrant workers in the fast food and restaurant sector. This is a mass deportation order. |
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Apr 16, 2014 Video: Tell Obama 'no to deportations'There is a nationwide call asking President Obama to halt the mass arrests and deportation of undocumented immigrants. This video portrays the voices and commitment of people marching for justice. |
 Justice for Lucia Vega Jimenez3 Minute Action Demand a proper and just investigation into the death of a British Columbian migrant worker. |
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Oct 2, 2013  Fighting an unjust deportation: Justice for DeepanTalking Radical Radio Canadian-born Deepan Budlakoti is fighting the threat of an unjust deportation with the support of the Justice for Deepan committee. He and organizer Stan Kupferschmidt talk about their work. |
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Aug 11, 2013  Students in sanctuary: Time for new Minister Chris Alexander to do the right thingMichelle Stewart Monday has been declared a National Day of Action for two University of Regina students who are being deported for working at Wal-Mart for two weeks. Ask new Minister Chris Alexander to let them stay! |
