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Apr 26, 2018  Embarrassing honorary degree stories: 'Did no one warn them?'David J. Climenhaga Let's consider the case of the Israeli university that in 2012 came up with a scheme to give an honorary degree to an unsavoury right-wing foreign politician … |
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Aug 2, 2016  Canada is about to deport me and my mother to racist, anti-Roma violence in HungaryGilda Lakatos As a Roma family, we always lived in fear, but in the last years, things got worse. On television politicians were saying things like, "Gypsies are parasites we must eliminate." |
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Jan 19, 2016  Refugees, then and nowJ. Baglow Hungarian refugees has an edge in 1956; rightly or wrongly, they were perceived as "ours": anti-Communist "freedom fighters." Today's Syrian refugees don't have that edge and they're suffering for it. |
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Sep 14, 2015  Is Harper's warning of refugee security threats just cynical fearmongering?Nora Loreto Stephen Harper hopes that fearmongering will pay off more than opening Canada up to help settle Syrian refugees. |
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Sep 11, 2015  Fact check: Harper's warning of refugee security threats is cynical fearmongeringNora Loreto Stephen Harper hopes that fearmongering will pay off more than opening Canada up to help settle Syrian refugees. |
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Sep 9, 2015  Yesterday, a loyal soldier to the far-right; today, fired for racist callousnessJ. Baglow A Conservative riding association director in Canada and a Jobbik supporter in Hungary have both been fired from their jobs. Why? |
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Sep 3, 2015  Refugee crisis gives Conservatives a well-earned black eyeKarl Nerenberg It is a horror that Immigration Minister Chris Alexander did nothing to help a desperate Syrian family, who had relatives in Canada. But that indifference is not new. |
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Jul 3, 2014  Roma family granted stay of deportation on humanitarian groundsMiriam Katawazi A Roma family that fled from Hungary to Canada due to anti-Roma discrimination was granted a reprieve and stay on humanitarian grounds and will not face deportation to Hungary. |
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Jul 2, 2014  Roma family fights against deportation to HungaryMiriam Katawazi A Roma family hopes to settle in Canada after enduring anti-Roma discrimination and violence in Hungary. Unfortunately, Canada has designated Hungary as "safe" for refugees. |
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Jun 28, 2014  100 years since Gavrilo Princip's fateful shot: Let's learn the right lessons from historyDavid J. Climenhaga Surely even Canada’s official pundits have enough wit to sense that nothing good can come playing games in Russia's back yard to achieve strategic and ideological goals. |
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Jun 2, 2014  A Jason Kenney 'safe country': The Pusuma storyJ. Baglow A Roma family faces deportation after fleeing Hungary to save their lives. Hungary is a "safe country," see. Just ask Jason Kenney. |
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Jun 18, 2013  Harper's policy on vulnerable refugees is wildly inconsistent -- and cruelKarl Nerenberg From Syria to Sri Lanka, the Harper government has turned a blind eye to the suffering of refugees. Now it's even cutting health care for those who manage to reach Canada. |
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May 7, 2013  Memo to Jason Kenney: Hungary is not a 'safe country' for Jews and Romarabble staff Thousands protest in Hungary against the rise of Jobbik, a neo-Nazi party. (Photo: Janos Marjai / EPA) |
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May 6, 2013  Safe country? World Jewish Congress fears Hungary will relive 'darkest era in European history'Karl Nerenberg In reforming the refugee system in Canada, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney declared Hungary a "safe country of origin." But what about the rise of fascist parties targeting Jews and Roma? |
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Apr 5, 2013  Is Canada's pursuit of a trade deal with Europe hurting the oppressed Roma people?rabble staff Our parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg has long covered the abuse suffered by the Roma in Hungary. (Photo: habeebee / flickr) |
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Apr 5, 2013  Trading away human rights? Canada turns a blind eye toward abuses against Roma in EUKarl Nerenberg Barely a week goes by when the Conservative government does not issue at least one press release touting the value of a Canada-European Union (EU) trade deal. |
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Feb 4, 2013  Canada's disturbing message to the Roma people of Hungaryrabble staff The Canadian government has been paying for ads telling Roma people in Hungary that if they seek asylum in Canada they will likely be sent home in short order. |
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Feb 1, 2013  Canadian government to persecuted Roma people in Hungary: 'Stay home'Karl Nerenberg The Canadian government has been paying for ads telling Roma people in Hungary that if they seek asylum in Canada they will likely be sent home in short order. |
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Jan 14, 2013  Immigration minister announces Designated Country of Origin listRedeye Two weeks before Christmas, Jason Kenney released a list of countries that it says are safe. Refugees arriving from these countries will be rushed through the claim process. |
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May 29, 2012  Roma people at risk: Canadian politicians not asking the right questionsrabble staff In Hungary, the Roma people face the danger of far right militias. So why is Canada making it easier to send Roma refugees back? |
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Apr 24, 2012  Hill Dispatches: 'Never Again!' (except for the 'Gypsies')Karl Nerenberg While the Prime Minister spoke movingly about the Holocaust, Jason Kenney continued to denounce the Roma descendants of Holocaust victims as 'bogus refugees.' |
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Dec 20, 2011  Roma civil rights activist Aladàr Horvàth's call to Canada: Have empathy for the RomaMigrant Matters Aladàr Horvàth, chair of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation in Hungary, provides an overview of the socio-political landscape in Hungary that has brought so many Roma to Canada seeking refugee status. |
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Oct 15, 2010 Weekly Mulch: When will our water be clean?Sarah Laskow American industries and consumers are steadily polluting U.S. water systems. |
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May 4, 2010  Roma refugees face prejudice from ministry officialsRedeye Before Immigration Canada imposed a visa requirement on the Czech Republic, 85% of Roma refugee claims were accepted. Now that has gone down to almost zero. We speak with Bill Bila in Toronto. |
