African: Refugees and Immigration

african: These people are displaced by war, according to CBC. I would say 90 per cent of refugees in these refugee camps are there because of war, said Godfred Chongatera, immigration lawyer and chair of the African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes. The African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes says it contacted Ahmed D. Hussen, federal minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship on Friday as well as Nova Scotia Immigration Minister Lena Diab. There should be a deliberate effort on the part of the federal government to focus some attention on African refugees. Anjuli Patil/CBC According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than 26 per cent of the world's refugee population. Godfred Chongatera is an immigration lawyer and the chair of the African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.