refugee camp: As a result Canada will match, dollar-for-dollar, any donation between Aug. 25 and Nov. 28 to Canadian charities helping in the Rohingya refugee crisis, she said, according to CTV. The government will make its matching donations to the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund. How to make a donation to the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Bangladesh is now home to the world's largest refugee camp, with over 900,000 Rohingya and other minorities driven out of Myanmar by ethnic cleansing. An additional 600,000 Rohingya, nearly 70 per cent of them women and children, have fled to Bangladesh since August, Bibeau said. Psychological support is also needed for women and children who have survived sexual violence on their journey, the minister added. We need to respond not only to basic needs like water, food and shelter but offer sexual and reproductive health service for 20,000 pregnant women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

aclu: The Border Patrol has said its agents took the child into custody last week after emergency gallbladder surgery out of concern for her welfare because she was not with her parents, but an adult cousin, according to Metro News. But the ACLU argues in its lawsuit that Rosa Maria's detention violates federal law and puts her health at risk. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Antonio, where Rosa Maria Hernandez, whose parents brought her to the U.S. from Mexico a decade ago, is being held in a facility for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally. Nothing stops the government right now from returning Rosa Maria to the family she's lived with her entire life, said Michael Tan, an attorney for the ACLU. Rosa Maria was 3 months old when her parents brought her into the United States from Mexico in 2007, said Leticia Gonzalez, an attorney for the family. Gonzalez says that due to her cerebral palsy, Rosa Maria has the mental capacity of a child who is 4 or 5 years old. Her parents are also in the U.S. without legal authorization and live in the Texas border city of Laredo. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian family: According to the latest Canadian census, just 2.4 per cent of the population of Newfoundland and Labrador are immigrants, according to CBC. The Atlantic Canadian average is 4.9 per cent. But efforts underway in central Newfoundland led in part by a woman who happens to be a character in a Broadway play could change that. But the Newfoundland and Labrador number is changing it has risen nearly one percentage point in the last five years, and there are more immigrants on the way. Sherry Vivian/CBC In fact, volunteers are waiting for news about a Syrian family stuck in Lebanon who are heading for Gander once their paperwork clears. Wiaam Maymouna and Diane Davis have a laugh at a Gander park. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

transit centre: Despite threats that water and power supply to the camp would be cut by 5 p.m. local time, asylum-seekers told Reuters after the deadline that half the camp still had power at 10.30 p.m., along with access to water, according to CBC. The Manus centre has been a key plank of Australia's controversial Sovereign Borders immigration policy. Detainees are defying attempts by Australia and PNG to close the controversial Manus Island centre, saying they fear violent reprisals from the local community if they move to a transit centre. The country refuses to allow asylum seekers arriving by boat to reach its shores, detaining them in camps in PNG and Nauru in the South Pacific. Refugee Action Coalition via Associated Press Lawyers for some of the 600 men have filed a last-minute lawsuit in PNG, seeking an injunction to prevent the camp's closure and the relocation of the men to a third country. Refugees and asylum seekers protest at the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

zia choudhury: As a result Canada will match, dollar-for-dollar, any donation between Aug. 25 and Nov. 28 to Canadian charities helping in the Rohingya refugee crisis, she said, according to Metro News. The government will make its matching donations to the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund. International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Bangladesh is now home to the world's largest refugee camp, with over 900,000 Rohingya and other minorities driven out of Myanmar by ethnic cleansing. An additional 600,000 Rohingya, nearly 70 per cent of them women and children, have fled to Bangladesh since August, Bibeau said. Zia Choudhury, the country director of CARE Bangladesh, said there is a massive need for food, shelter, safe water, medical services and toilets. We need to respond not only to basic needs like water, food and shelter but offer sexual and reproductive health service for 20,000 pregnant women. function set Cookie related path / ; Related'Papa! Help Me!' The harrowing inside story of the deadliest Rohingya refugee tragedy yet Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to halt the outflow of Rohingya Donors pledge 228M in new funds for UN's Rohingya appeal Psychological support is also needed for women and children who have survived sexual violence on their journey, the minister added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

administration: Acosta is one of about 400,000 immigrants who have been allowed to remain here under a little-known humanitarian program that could be on shaky ground in President Donald Trump's administration as it comes up for renewal in the coming months for many of its recipients, according to Metro News. The beneficiaries many who came to the country illegally from Honduras and El Salvador worry the administration will phase out their access to the program and deport them to countries where they haven't lived in years. Now, the 51-year-old hotel housekeeper from Los Angeles fears it could all come to an abrupt halt. I don't know what I'd do in my country, said Acosta, who has lived nearly half her life in the United States. The program known as Temporary Protected Status is geared toward countries ravaged by natural disasters or war. I have nothing there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kenya: Kenya's election commission said the turnout of registered voters in the Oct. 26 election was about 40 per cent, compared with roughly twice that in August balloting that was nullified by the Supreme Court because of what it called irregularities and illegalities, according to Toronto Star. Read more Kenyan streets calmer, but political standoff in new election still unresolved Article Continued Below Kenya postpones voting in opposition areas over fears of further bloodshed Kenya's presidential election rerun marred by boycotts, deadly clashes The rerun was marred by deadly clashes between police and Odinga supporters in the days that followed. react-empty 159 Kenyatta said he expected Odinga followers to mount new legal challenges, indicating the long saga that has left many Kenyans weary of conflict and has hurt business in East Africa's economic hub is not over. While Kenyatta's backers celebrated his re-election, angry supporters of his rival, Raila Odinga, skirmished with police in Nairobi slums and burned tires in Kisumu, one of the opposition strongholds in western Kenya. My victory today was just part of a process that is likely to once again be subjected to a constitutional test through our courts, Kenyatta said at the election commission headquarters after results were announced that gave him a second term. Kenyatta said he would consider dialogue with the opposition after the outcome of any court proceedings. I will submit to this constitutional path. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lima group: Canada and Peru co-chaired a meeting of ministers from the Lima Group of countries last week in Toronto, according to CTV. Freeland and Peru's foreign minister Ricardo Luna were delegated to meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Freeland said that she and Peru's foreign minister would take that message to the United Nations in New York City on Monday, following her appearance at a business conference in Toronto. Apart from Canada, the group's 12 members are in Latin America. I do think. . . this is a humanitarian crisis as well as a political one. But Freeland said Monday that Venezuela and Canada are in the same geographic neighbourhood and that Canada has a role to play in supporting the country's democratic institutions and respect for human rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mushrooms canada: Mushroom farms provide permanent, year-round jobs with a quality living wage in rural Canada and would like to welcome these skilled workers to Canada, so they have the option of staying and buying homes and building a life here as well, said George Graham, president of Mushrooms Canada, whose members produce 134 tons of mushrooms a year, according to Toronto Star. These workers are interested in working on farms and staying on farms. Without a stable, skilled labour pool of migrant workers, the sector, which employs 4,330 people, could be in jeopardy, warned a report released Monday by Mushrooms Canada. This is their dream job and we are fulfilling these workers' dreams. The mushroom industry's plea follows a recent Toronto Star series, The Hands that Pick Your Food, which found that Canada has been increasing its reliance on migrant workers in the agri-food sector and that the lack of access to permanent residency can expose workers to abusive and exploitative working conditions. They are our valued employees and part of the community, and we support and help them integrate in the local rural communities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

need immigration: That has observers saying they expect the federal numbers for next year to remain largely in line with the 2017 goal of 300,000 newcomers, though a slight bump is likely, according to CTV. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen offered no details Monday. Quebec -- which sets its own immigration targets in connection with the federal government -- is aiming to bring in some 51,000 people, a target that is unchanged from 2017. The main priority will be to focus very strongly on the real need of employers, and many sectors of the economy, saying we need immigration, Hussen said before question period. In 2016, the government's economic advisory council recommended boosting levels to 450,000 over the next five years to address an aging workforce and declining birth rate, both of which are leaving major gaps in Canada's labour market. We need skilled immigrants to not only come and fill certain jobs, but also create more jobs for everyone else, and prosperity for all of us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

program el: Ten countries are currently designated to participate El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, according to Metro News. Here's more information about the countries with the most citizens covered by the program EL SALVADORThe country was designated to participate after a 2001 earthquake. The U.S. created the program known as Temporary Protected Status to assist citizens whose countries are ravaged by natural disasters and war. About 263,000 immigrants were enrolled as of December 2016, according to government statistics. About 86,000 Hondurans participate in the program, which is due to expire Jan. 5. The status is due to expire for Salvadorans on March 9.HONDURASThe U.S. tapped Honduras in 1999 after Hurricane Mitch. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

spending time: Diane Colley-Urquhart and the rest of city council is spending time this week poring over hundreds of resumes, according to CBC. The applications are from citizens seeking city positions. Coun. She said she could make choices to ensure there's more diversity of gender or ethnicity on boards and commissions if she had more detailed information from applicants. We haven't made much progress really at all. We've been talking about this for the 17 years I've been on council, Colley-Urquhart said Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

victoria park: Speakers including Mi'kmaq elder Noel Knockwood, HRM Coun, according to The Chronicle Herald. Richard Zurawski and poet El Jones. About 60 people gathered in Victoria Park across from the Halifax Public Gardens to decry the brutal oppression inflicted upon Rohingyas by the Myanmar military. Jones recited a poem she wrote for the occasion that angrily condemned Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for calling the Muslim minority group terrorists and denying that they have been massacred, raped and tortured. About 615,000 of Myanmar's roughly one million Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh, where they are living in squalid refugee camps with little food, fresh water or shelter. The crimes of genocide over which you preside are now what your legacy provides, you stood in front of the world and you lied, Jones recited, moving some in the crowd to tears. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

demand apartments: Sure as the rain, a flood of Chinese buying occurs in Vancouver during Golden Week each fall as flocks of investors and immigrants come to see real estate. ; But, this year, Golden Week lost some of its sheen as a combination of Chinese capital controls and unsettled sentiment in the Lower Mainland softened high-end demand, according to National Observer. Apartments are still good, but the high-end houses have slowed down, said Na An, an agent at Royal Pacific Realty. Chinese families often celebrate the week long national day holiday by visiting family or going on vacation. Newly-released data show that even if luxury buyers and investors are thinking twice, the Lower Mainland market continues to surge. The foreign buyers' tax slowed the market down, sure, but it didn't crash it. Sentiment amongst realtors is that market-cooling policies, like the foreign buyers' tax and more stringent mortgage stress testing rules, have made an impact on luxury single-family homes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

age limit: The previous government's changes that made it younger were separating families, the Cloverdale-Langley City MP said, according to Metro News. And we know that when families are separated, that's not good for anyone. The new age limit came into effect last week, local Member of Parliament John Aldag informed the group gathered at Langley Community Services Society LCSS and would reverse the previous Conservative government's dropping the age to 19. This gives families a bit longer than they have traditionally If the kids are in that age where they're making a transition between 19 and 22, we want them to have the opportunity to finish up whatever they're doing and then still be sponsored by their families to come to Canada. A really important thing for all you guys, especially parents that have children outside, is to tell your neighbours, she told the audience. For Mary Tanielian, LCSS' settlement and integration services manager, the change is huge for many of the non-profit agency's clients. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

disabilities act: Seen here in 2003, Marie Bountrogianni, a former Hamilton Mountain MPP and cabinet minister who worked to pass the accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, will moderate a discussion about diversity in local leadership this week, according to CBC. Tobin Grimshaw/Canadian Press That gap of underrepresentation and what can be done about it will be the focus of a discussion coming up Wednesday, moderated by Hamilton native Marie Bountrogianni. But only 13.8 per cent of leaders across municipal, education and volunteer sectors in Hamilton were visible minorities as of last year, according to a Western University study published last year. She was a former Hamilton Mountain MPP and cabinet minister who worked to pass accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. In business, she said, it matters because they are the client, she said. OSC urged to push companies to set targets for women on boards How Hamilton lacks racial diversity in its 'corridors of power' Now she's the dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, which is affiliated with a national group called Diverse City on Board, which aims to connect women, visible minorities, Indigenous people and those with disabilities with positions on corporate and government boards. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

asylum seekers: Scott Bardsley says half of the trailers should be operational by mid-November, with the second group coming into service a month later, according to CTV. The trailers will replace a temporary tent camp that was set up this summer in response to the flood of asylum seekers walking across the border from the United States. A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says a contract has been awarded to a private company to provide heated accommodation for up to 200 people near the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border station. The federal government says there have been about 50 people a day crossing the border irregularly at Lacolle in recent weeks, down from 200-250 a day at the height of summer. The new trailers will include areas for sleeping, cooking and related services, according to an email from Bardsley. RCMP intercepted 1,720 people in Quebec in September, compared to 5,530 in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent chinese: Despite the neighbourhood's apparent homogeneity, its makeup has changed dramatically as newcomer groups have moved in and older ones have moved on a phenomenon playing out in many communities across Canada, where the immigrant population has reached its highest level in nearly a century, according to Metro News. Only, in this particular patch of Canada, the dominant group has remained the same if you're judging by the censusdemographic categories Chinese. But this statistic obscures a demographic shift that has been quietly unfolding since the last census, in 2006, when the area was already 80 per cent Chinese. The difference is that many newcomers are now blue-collar immigrants from mainland China, whereas the area's old-timers tend to be middle- or upper-class families with roots in Hong Kong. I do hear some friction, but I try to mitigate the issues, said Councillor Chin Lee, whose Ward 41 touches on the area. This has introduced occasional culture clashes that could be exacerbated by language barriers mainland Chinese immigrants tend to speak Mandarin, whereas the language of Hong Kong is Cantonese. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

codenamed halifax: At the same time, more than a dozen arrests were made in Belgium and Bulgaria, according to CTV. The operation, codenamed Halifax, revealed further evidence of the booming European human trafficking trade -- a lucrative business that puts scores of desperate people on a path to black market labour and sexual exploitation. Police smashed down doors and swept through five addresses across England earlier this week. The number of people reported to be victims of slavery and human trafficking surged nearly 120 per cent between 2013 and 2016, according to figures released by the U.K. National Crime Agency. That will feed into the wider pan-European investigation, Inspector Andy Ratcliffe said before a raid in Gateshead, U.K. Modified vans seized by authorities show the brutal tactics criminals employ to conceal human cargo. We're targeting the organizers of a people smuggling network, and we are going to be searching for evidence and arresting subjects. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hotel room: Most recently Kitossa noticed it at a conference he and his partner, Kathy Deliovsky, attended in Toronto, according to CBC. I don't think they see themselves as being any different from the other kids which they are not.'- Liane Gillies We came out of our hotel room and we were just gawked at, Kitossa said. Nevertheless, even though he now lives in Hamilton, Ont., in another country where mixed-race unions are socially acceptable, he says he still feels tension when he's in public with his partner, who is of Macedonian descent. He said he felt like some sort of curiosity, like you would stare at animals in a zoo. As of the 2011 National Household Survey, about 360,045 couples, or 4.6 per cent of all married and common-law couples in Canada, were in mixed unions. Far from being a curiosity, the most recent data available from Statistics Canada indicates that mixed-race unions have been on the rise across Canada since 1991. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant population: Despite the neighbourhood's apparent homogeneity, its makeup has changed dramatically as newcomer groups have moved in and older ones have moved on a phenomenon playing out in many communities across Canada, where the immigrant population has reached its highest level in nearly a century, according to Toronto Star. Only in this particular patch of Canada, the dominant group has remained the same if you're judging by the census' demographic categories Chinese. But this statistic obscures a demographic shift that has been quietly unfolding since the last census, in 2006, when the area was already 80 per cent Chinese. Read more A majority of Torontonians now identify themselves as visible minorities Article Continued Below Income gap persists for recent immigrants, visible minorities and Indigenous Canadians Where in the city do people struggle most to pay for their homes The difference is that many newcomers are now blue-collar immigrants from mainland China, whereas the area's old-timers tend to be middle- or upper-class families with roots in Hong Kong. In Canada, we all try to live together as Canadians. This has introduced occasional culture clashes that could be exacerbated by language barriers mainland Chinese immigrants tend to speak Mandarin, whereas the language of Hong Kong is Cantonese. react-empty 242 I do hear some friction, but I try to mitigate the issues, said Councillor Chin Lee, whose Ward 41 touches on the area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

plan: He confirmed the number will not dip below what he called the new normal of 300,000 set in 2017, according to CBC. Hussen called immigration a big tool to power Canada's economy and address demographic challenges, including those in Atlantic Canada, at a time of falling fertility and an aging population. 300,000 immigrants a year the 'new normal'21.9% of population are immigrants Liberals prepare to unveil immigration plan The plan will continue to have a vast majority of immigrants coming in the economic class, because that is where the greatest need is, followed very closely by family class immigrants and then making sure that we continue to have space in our immigration levels plan for refugees that we resettle from abroad, he told CBC Radio's The House. This week Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen will unveil immigration levels for 2018, including targets for the number of economic migrants, family reunifications and refugees who will be permitted into the country. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen will announce Canada's 2018 immigration levels this week. Kareem El-Assal, a senior research manager specializing in immigration for the Conference Board of Canada, said it is absolutely imperative that Canada ups its intake in order to meet future labour needs. Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press Last week, Statistics Canada reported that based on 2016 census data, 21.9 per cent of Canada's population is now foreign-born, reflecting the highest percentage of immigrant population in nearly a century. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

liner athena: On Sunday, Sept. 3, 1939, Nova Scotians opened the Halifax Herald main edition and could not miss the giant-sized headline Empire At War, according to The Chronicle Herald. It was accompanied by a dramatic cutline that read Liner Athena is torpedoed and sunk. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 & Part 5. After a daily drumbeat of headlines leading up to that day, most people sensed that a wider war was in the offing. On that day, Haligonians knew that Canada was at war, even though Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King maintained, for a full week, that the country was not until Parliament had spoken. A mere twenty years after the Great War, it produced more of a chill than a shock. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saudi arabia: But now, the advanced artificial intelligence robot, which looks like Audrey Hepburn, mimics human expressions and may be the grandmother of robots that solve the world's most complex problems, has a new feather in her cap Citizenship, according to Toronto Star. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia officially granted citizenship to the humanoid robot last week during a program at the Future Investment Initiative, a summit that links deep-pocketed Saudis with inventors hoping to shape the future. The Washington Post Sun., Oct. 29, 2017 Until recently, the most famous thing that Sophia the robot had ever done was beat Jimmy Fallon a little too easily in a televised game of rock-paper-scissors. Sophia's recognition made international headlines and sparked an outcry against a country with a shoddy human rights record that has been accused of making women second-class citizens. It is historic to be the first robot in the world granted citizenship. Article Continued Below Thank you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the country's newest citizen said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

settlement process: Mac's and the consulting firms say the job positions were not guaranteed and the fees were not for job placement but for assistance with the immigration and settlement process, according to Metro News. The court's decision to let the lawsuit proceed is significant as it means that workers recruited abroad to work in Canada and who have paid recruitment fees, or whose contracts of employment have not been honoured by Canadian employers, or who have otherwise had their rights infringed, have an effective means of seeking redress, said Charles Gordon, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The four lead plaintiffs two each from Nepal and the Philippines allege that Mac's and the consulting firms had promised them jobs but failed to deliver, and that the consulting companies unlawfully collected recruitment fees from them. Acting individually, legal action is not feasible for such workers. All three immigration companies named in the lawsuit Overseas Immigration Services, Overseas Career and Consulting Services OCCS and Trident Immigration are alleged by the claimants to be controlled by Surrey, B.C. man Kuldeep Bansal, a licensed consultant with the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council. function set Cookie related path / ; Related Tribunal slams WSIB practice that cuts benefits to injured migrant workers Legal aid axed for B.C. immigrants and refugees despite 145% riseU.S., Canada 'perplexed' about migrant surge into Canada, Kelly says According to the statement of claim, the lead plaintiffs were all recruited in job fairs held in Dubai and paid around 8,000 in fees in exchange for the promise of a job in Canada. By allowing them to act collectively as a class, the court has provided them a means of seeking justice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stampede grounds: It's another miracle on the Prairies, Kenney told 2,000 cheering party members at the BMO Centre on the Stampede Grounds in Calgary, minutes before cannons blasted out tufts of blue and white confetti and matching balloons tumbled from the ceiling, according to National Observer. We are one step closer to a government based on common sense and the mainstream values of ordinary Albertans, he added. Kenney takes over a new 27-member caucus and the Official Opposition to Premier Rachel Notley's NDP government in the legislature. And now if we work hard, stay humble, and earn every vote we will ensure that this deceptive, divisive, debt-quadrupling, tax-hiking, job-killing, accidental socialist government is one and done! Brian Jean, the runner-up in the UCP leadership race, congratulates Jason Kenney on stage in Calgary on Oct. 28, 2017. In the summer, members of both parties voted 95 per cent in favour of a merger. Photo by Louie Villanueva Kenney was the central figure in a push to see the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party join forces on the right to fight the governing NDP. He won the leadership of the PCs earlier this year after criss-crossing the province, beating the unity drum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.