gender-based violence: So far this year, Canada has committed to 6.63 million in humanitarian assistance funding to aid partners in Myanmar and Bangladesh to help conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya, according to CTV. The announcement follows a 4.3-million contribution by the European Commission earlier this week to help deal with the crisis. The additional 2.55 million is aimed at helping provide care for women, new mothers and children under five, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said in a statement. Bibeau said the funds will also help victims of gender-based violence, and will be provided to three different United Nations agencies. Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, also an honorary Canadian citizen, says her government is fighting a militant insurgency. The UN estimates 240,000 children are among the 400,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar since late August, recounting attacks by government troops and Buddhist mobs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ice agents: When we became aware of it last week, it was discontinued, according to CTV. Statement Regarding Recent Media Reports on Phoenix-area Location Motel 6 motel6 14 September 2017 Employees at a Motel 6 near a stretch of other budget motels, discount stores and fast food restaurants - refused to answer questions Thursday and referred all queries to corporate headquarters. In a tweet about reports first published in the Phoenix New Times, Motel 6 said Wednesday This was implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management. The news that Motel 6 workers in Phoenix were aiding ICE agents immediately thrust the chain into the national immigration debate, with some detractors complaining about its vague and tepid statement. They'll leave the light on - for ICE and police, Cecilia Wang, national deputy director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a tweet. Social media exploded with criticism and satire aimed at the budget motel chain, with some playing off its slogan We'll leave the light on for you. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mckenzie college: They purchased a home and a car, and Lober obtained a job as a continuing-care assistant, according to CBC. But within a year, the family were back in Germany after they were told to leave Canada by the federal government We figured that Cape Breton is a nice spot to live with nice people, we felt very comfortable there and yes, it was a good time, Lober said. Anne-Eva Lober moved to Cape Breton with her husband and two teenage daughters in August 2016. Until we left. Hoping that upgrading her skills through a Canadian school would allow her and her family to return to Canada, Lober enrolled in the continuing-care program at McKenzie College in Cape Breton. Multiple obstacles Lober's lawyer, Lee Cohen, said she had lost the opportunity to work in Canada because her potential employer, who had offered Lober the job before she moved to Canada, had not actually been in a position to hire a foreign worker. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ottawa attempts: Although the official count won't come out until next week, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's office confirmed on Friday the August number for Quebec alone is estimated at 6,000, twice the 2,996 people intercepted by the RCMP in July, according to Toronto Star. Most are Haitians. Charles Krupa / AP file photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Fri., Sept. 15, 2017 The number of asylum-seekers crossing into Quebec from the U.S. doubled in August, even as Ottawa attempts to play down the crisis. The new number pushes the total refugee claimants toward the 40,000 mark with four months left in 2017. Read more Task force on Canada-U.S. border crossings to meet, review next steps for asylum seekers Article Continued Below Soldiers help with the crush of asylum-seekers at Quebec border Quebec to no longer give welfare cheques to asylum-seekers in convention centre Scott Bardsley, Goodale's spokesperson, said the number of irregular border-crossers arriving in Lacolle was around 200 to 250 a day in late July and early August, reaching 12,000 in total. react-empty 166 While the number of people coming to seek asylum has moderated, we cannot be complacent. That's a big increase; by comparison, Canada received 23,920 asylum-seekers in all of last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

president: The tweet comes as the president and congressional Democrats are working on a deal to preserve protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living illegally in America, according to Metro News. Trump says on Twitter that CHAIN MIGRATION cannot be allowed to be part of any legislation on Immigration! The president last month embraced legislation backed by two Republican senators that would eliminate the preference for U.S. residents' extended and adult family members while maintaining priority for their spouses and minor children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

star performers: The roster will include established star performers like Burberry, Emporio Armani and Versus by Versace along with upcoming talents fresh from London's design academies and from the streets, according to The Chronicle Herald. Caroline Rush, chief of the British Fashion Council, said Friday the British fashion industry has gone from strength to strength in the last decade and now generates roughly 28 billion pounds 38 billion to the British economy. The extravaganza will feature five days of catwalk shows over 80 in all and presentations along with dozens of parties. She said 880,000 people are employed in the fashion field. Source Source The Associated Press Photo Caption Models wears creations by designer Pam Hogg during their Spring/Summer 2018 runway show at London Fashion Week in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. She says London is the most diverse, multicultural and open city in the world and we fiercely want to protect that reputation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

supreme court: For 10 years she went through a rigorous process of interviews and screening and finally she was cleared to travel to the United States, according to The Chronicle Herald. But Ibrahim's hopes have been dashed. She wants to educate herself and her children in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees. Ibrahim, a 30-year-old mother of four children, escaped war-torn Somalia in 2007 after three men forced their way into her house and assaulted her. The court agreed to an administration request to block a lower court ruling that would have eased the ban on refugees and allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the country before the end of October. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

supreme court: John Kavanagh said Friday that policy changes the department adopted in July illegally restrict when officers can inquire about a person's immigration status, according to Metro News. In addition, a new procedure requiring a specialized supervisor to vet the request puts roadblocks in the process to check with federal immigration officials. Republican Sen. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that police can't hold someone longer than normally needed just to check their immigration status. They shouldn't have implemented a patently illegal police operations order. These are pretty glaring violations of SB 1070, Kavanagh said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s: Or maybe, a couple of them suggested, they would set their Make America Great Again caps on fire, according to Toronto Star. Some of the most reliably Trumpian corners of the internet were raging Thursday as if they had signed up for the left-wing resistance. Or boycott his hotels. Just nine days after he had made them so happy, the champion of their anti-immigration fantasies had betrayed them. Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump Not only that he suggested that it was ridiculous that anyone would want to deport such upstanding and innocent residents. In a momentous move that could have major consequences for his political future, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is eager to make a deal with Democrats to protect the so-called Dreamers, the undocumented young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

weekend hunger: Hunger can strike on a weekend, according to CBC. Hunger can strike on a holiday when we're not there, said Sarah Norman, co-ordinator of the St. George when the local food bank isn't open can now turn to a public cupboard on Main Street for a few essentials to last them a day or two. George and Area Food Bank. The community pantry, as it's called, looks like a grey cupboard, sitting on a wooden post up off the sidewalk near 19 Main St. That's a reality and so that's when this pantry would really come in handy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

erika defreitas: September 15, according to NOW Magazine. Suburban Hospitality A Weekend of Performative Discourse talks take place Sep 16-17. theagyuisoutthere.org. Featuring work by Erika DeFreitas, Anique Jordan, Tau Lewis, Rajni Perera and Nep Sidhu. To December 3. September 15-17. See listingSMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVALSixteenth annual festival runs through September 17 and features the Canadian debut of artists from Korea and Malta, the launch of Polyphonic Ground Presentsand and free outdoor programming. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government troops: The UN estimates 240,000 children are among the 400,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar since late August recounting attacks by government troops and Buddhist mobs, according to National Observer. Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, also an honorary Canadian citizen, says her government is fighting a militant insurgency. She says the funds will also help victims of gender-based violence, and will be given to three different United Nations agencies. But she has been widely criticized for not speaking up in defence of her country's persecuted Muslim minority.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this week the violence against the Rohingya is ethnic cleansing. ; Trudeau spoke by phone with San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to express deep concerns over the treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar, also known as Burma. We also urge the authorities in Myanmar to take measures to protect all civilians from the ongoing violence, and we call for the full, unimpeded resumption of humanitarian assistance activities for UN and international humanitarian organizations in Myanmar, she says. The government has made no comment about whether her honorary citizenship would be revoked, but Bibeau is reiterating Canada's concern over the violence that has led to the mass displacement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

childhood arrivals: The judge read a Trump tweet from earlier in the day that he said shows the Republican president wants to find relief for immigrants protected by the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. And he repeatedly challenged Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate to persuade the government to extend an Oct. 5 deadline for DACA recipients to renew their applications, according to Metro News. Shumate said he was authorized to say the government was actively considering whether to extend the deadline in light of hurricanes that ravaged Florida and Texas. But at a Brooklyn court hearing, he said fast-moving political developments over a legislative solution might mean the court shouldn't waste its time. The judge said his hope would be that the executive branch would put a voluntary halt to the termination process so as to find a legislative solution so the courts are not involved. The judge criticized the government's use of arbitrary deadlines and said it would be useful to take some of the pressure off the various people, these good accomplished young people who the president talks about with admiration. Shumate said the decision was made to wind down the program and delaying the deadline for renewals risked a later crush of applications that would overwhelm employees tasked with handling them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

donald trump: Fear of deportation spurred his bruised feet forward, and the hope of leaving the hatred hurled at immigrants in the United States made him desperate enough to risk his life in the pitch-black rail tunnel running more than two kilometres under the St, according to CBC. Clair River between Port Huron, Mich. and Sarnia, Ont. Noxious fumes swirled at his feet and up into his lungs, causing him to choke, but he pressed on. Canada's immigration minister discourages 'irregular' border crossings by asylum seekers What refugee claimants receive from the government Padron's story echoes that of thousands of other immigrants in the U.S. who have been fleeing since the election of Donald Trump. More recently, Quebec has seen a flood of asylum seekers cross its border and, so far, more than 10,865 asylum claimants have been processed in Ontario in 2017. In March, a wave of refugees braved the snows of Manitoba. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fusion: Intended to bring the community together to celebrate culture and diversity, the Fusion Inclusion Festival is a collaboration of more than 20 community partners, according to Metro News. It is really empowering and motivating to see people that are coming from outside the country and want to do something for this country, said Ali Algermozi, director of Fusion Halifax's immigration and diversity action team and one of the event's organizers. This Saturday, Fusion Halifax will host a day-long free festival on the Garrison Grounds. They are very happy and thankful for the opportunity they have been given and so this is a way to plan an event that's by the community for the community. Algermozi said they wanted to help fill the gap left when the city's long-running annual multicultural festival was canned. We want to celebrate our differences, learn about one another and we want to make sure that people really get that first hand impression. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i need: Someone from the government already has promised aid, but Dimas' chin quivers at the thought of accepting it, according to Toronto Star. I don't want the help, said Dimas, 55. The storm peeled open the roof of the old mobile home where they live with their 18-year-old twins, and it destroyed another one they rented to migrant workers in Immokalee, one of Florida's poorest communities. But I need it. Their options, already limited, were narrowed even further when the hurricane destroyed possessions, increased expenses and knocked them out of work. Dimas is one of millions of Floridians who live in poverty, and an untold number of them have seen their lives upended by Irma. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration status: As the 92-year-old Democrat spoke at Emory University in Atlanta, Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi of California and Chuck Schumer of New York were huddled with the Republican Trump at the White House, according to CTV. Afterward, Pelosi and Schumer announced a deal they said would protect young immigrants from deportation and grant some Republican demands on border security. Speaking to Georgia college students, the 39th president expressed optimism Wednesday that Trump might break a legislative logjam with his six-month deadline for Congress to address the immigration status of 800,000-plus U.S. residents who were brought to the country illegally as children. Trump offered his own take Thursday morning via Twitter. But Trump also wrote that, No deal was made last night on DACA. Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent. He expressed sympathy for the young immigrants affected by the debate over the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, created by an executive order of President Barack Obama. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

work: However, immigrants known as Dreamers whose work permits expire before then can apply to renew them for another two years, though they must do so before Oct. 5, according to CBC. At a hearing in a Brooklyn, New York federal court on Thursday, Judge Nicholas Garaufis said extending the deadline would give time for Congress to enact a legislative solution without impacting people in the program. President Donald Trump recently decided to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in March 2018. No one will be harmed by extending this deadline, Garaufis said, especially the 800,000 people who are sweating about whether someone is going to come knocking on their door and send them back to a country that they don't even know and where they don't speak the language. Dreamer' Deyvid Morales, who has been in the country since he was nine years old, speaks to a diverse group that gathered on the steps of the Utah state capitol in Salt Lake City, Sept. 5. Democrats say there's an immigration agreement, Trump says only 'fairly close' Trump, ending DACA, says Congress can save 'Dreamers.' Here's why that's likely to fail Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate said the Department of Homeland Security was already considering an extension due to recent hurricanes, but no decisions had been made. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

john cornyn: John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican, put it this way There was a deal to make a deal, according to CTV. Trump himself said he was fairly close to an agreement that could protect the young Dreamers while also adding border security, as long as his long-promised wall with Mexico was also separately addressed. In the face of an intense backlash from conservatives inside the Capitol and out, Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP House members adamantly insisted that there was no agreement to enshrine protections for the immigrants brought to America as children and now here illegally. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer -- whose dinner with Trump Wednesday night was at the heart of the controversy -- insisted there was discussion and even agreement on legislation that would offer eventual citizenship to the immigrants in question. But one person familiar with the meeting said the president had agreed not to the DREAM Act, but to narrower legislation that would make permanent the protections offered by President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. We agreed it would be the DREAM Act, Schumer told reporters, referring to a bipartisan bill that would allow immigrants brought here as children and now in the U.S. illegally to work their way to citizenship in as little as five years if they meet certain requirements. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee agency: There are at least 1.6 million Syrian children refugees in the region, according to Metro News. In Lebanon, classes for Syrian refugee children are packed, and students attend school in half-day shifts in order to free up classroom space for enrolment . Even so, more than half the school-age Syrians in the country are not attending school, according to Lisa Abou Khaled, a communications officer for the U.N. refugee agency. More than half a million school-age Syrian refugees in the three countries were out of school last year, in part because of severe funding gaps, the report by the New York-based group said. The challenges include pulling impoverished children away from work, finding money to pay for their transportation and supplies, and helping students feel safe and comfortable in schools. The U.S. government aid agency USAID, for example, reported it had given 248 million in school aid to Jordan last year, but Jordan's government only reported receiving 13 million. Human Rights Watch says late or missing aid has compounded those problems. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

samantha schmidt: But for immigration attorneys in the Phoenix area, the motel chain has become the site of a troubling string of immigration arrests, according to Toronto Star. And according to a report published Wednesday by the Phoenix New Times, employees at two Motel 6 locations may have been sending guest information directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google Streetview By Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post Thu., Sept. 14, 2017 The Motel 6 budget lodging chain is commonly associated with its longtime slogan of welcoming hospitality We'll leave the light on. After the story published, Motel 6 released a statement saying the practice was implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management. Immigration agents arrested at least 20 people at two Motel 6 locations between February and August, dropping by about every two weeks, the New Times reported. When we became aware of it last week, it was discontinued, Motel 6 wrote in the statement posted on Twitter and Facebook. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sense: Jack Hardy / AP By Jill Lawless The Associated Press Thu., Sept. 14, 2017 LONDON A government-ordered inquiry into the London tower fire that killed at least 80 people opened Thursday with a minute of silence for the victims and with its leader acknowledging that survivors feel a great sense of anger and betrayal, according to Toronto Star. Retired judge Martin Moore-Bick said he hoped his investigation would provide a small measure of solace by discovering how such a disaster could occur in 21st-century London, and preventing it happening again. The head of a government-ordered inquiry into the London tower block fire has acknowledged that survivors feel a great sense of anger and betrayal. The June 14 blaze began in a refrigerator in an apartment at Grenfell Tower before racing through the 24-story building. Emergency safety checks have uncovered scores of other buildings across Britain with similar cladding. One aspect of the investigation will be the role of combustible aluminum cladding installed during a refurbishment to the 1970s tower block. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

states mexico: He said Mexico also created a job bank with the immigrants in mind after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program that allows them to work in the United States, according to CTV. Mexico will also provide legal assistance to immigrants and lobby U.S. lawmakers to draft a plan for the immigrants brought to the United States as children -- often referred to as dreamers -- to obtain legal status. On a visit to Los Angeles, Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray said his government is making it easier to transfer education credits and is extending a loan program for young entrepreneurs. With each 'dreamer' who returns to Mexico, Mexico wins, Videgaray said at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. What is relevant here is what the 'dreamers' want. But, he added, What is relevant is not which country wins here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump tweet: But at a Brooklyn court hearing, he said fast-moving political developments over a legislative solution might mean the court shouldn't waste its time, according to The Chronicle Herald. The judge read a Trump tweet from earlier in the day that he said shows the Republican president wants to find relief for immigrants protected by the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. And he repeatedly challenged Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate to persuade the government to extend an Oct. 5 deadline for DACA recipients to renew their applications. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis is overseeing a case in which immigration advocates want to challenge President Donald Trump's decision to end a program that has protected some young immigrants from deportation. Shumate said he was authorized to say the government was actively considering whether to extend the deadline in light of hurricanes that ravaged Florida and Texas. Shumate said the decision was made to wind down the program and delaying the deadline for renewals risked a later crush of applications that would overwhelm employees tasked with handling them. The judge said his hope would be that the executive branch would put a voluntary halt to the termination process so as to find a legislative solution so the courts are not involved. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s.-mexico border: Speaking to reporters before surveying hurricane damage in Florida, Trump pushed back against Democratic leaders who claimed there was a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA initiative, according to CBC. He also said his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would come later. Trump said Thursday he was fairly close to a deal with congressional leaders to preserve protections for young immigrants living illegally in America, but he's insisting on massive border security as part of any agreement. We're working on a plan subject to getting massive border controls. He added I think we're fairly close, but we have to get massive border security. We're working on a plan for DACA. People want to see that happen, Trump said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

angelina jolie: Sep 15, 9 pm, Princess of Wales; Sep 17, 5 30 pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 1, according to NOW Magazine. Rating NNNIf you need an excuse to catch Angelina Jolie's First They Killed My Father at TIFF this weekend instead of on Netflix it will simultaneously be available starting Friday consider the big screen benefit. Cambodia. 136 min. Jolie, outdoing her previous directorial efforts, captures Cambodia's wartime horror in beautiful, haunting visuals. Adapting Loung Ung's memoirs the Cambodian author co-wrote the screenplay with Jolie the film recounts the late-70s Khmer Rouge atrocities from a child's perspective. Shot by Anthony Dod Mantle of Dogme and Danny Boyle fame the images are especially elegant when watching people move, whether it's child soldiers in formation or refugees clamouring to escape harm. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.