kosovo police: It also urged Kosovo and international bodies to develop better policies to prevent violent extremism, according to The Chronicle Herald. According to Kosovo police, 335 citizens have travelled to or been caught en route to conflict zones in Syria and Iraq since 2012, making Kosovo one of Europe's largest exporters of foreign fighters on per capita basis. An independent U.N.-commissioned report, made available to The Associated Press on Tuesday, examined returned foreign fighters and the reasons that Kosovars joined extremist groups. They included 253 were men, 55 women and 27 children. Ethnic Albanians fighting for extremist groups, including Lavdrim Muhaxheri, Ridvan Haqifi and others, presented photographic evidence that portrayed a sense of pride, freedom, empowerment and, ultimately, happiness, the report said. The would-be fighters usually travelled through Turkey to Syria, where they joined ISIS, Jabhat Al Nusrah, Ahrar Al Sham or the Free Syrian Army terror groups. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lebanese-canadian citizen: Being from an upper-middle income family, and a dual Lebanese-Canadian citizen presented me with the opportunity of leaving home with ease -- a luxury unavailable to many, according to Rabble. After being accepted into a top-tier university, I purchased a one-way ticket, and that was it. Since then, I have lived in the U.K. and more recently in Canada. But really that wasn't it. My life was shaped by a sense of moral responsibility to remain and attempt to build a better future for myself and my fellow country men and women. Coming from a country that suffers from a near incomprehensible level of brain drain, most of my life revolved around resisting the idea of leaving. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mexican border: Even as border crossings decline, however, Trump continues to push for his promised wall along the border a wall that critics say is unnecessary and a waste of cash, according to Metro News. The new numbers, which offer the most complete snapshot yet of immigration enforcement under Trump, show that Border Patrol arrests plunged to a 45-year low in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, with far fewer people being apprehended between official border crossings. At the same time, arrests along the Mexican border have fallen sharply, apparently as fewer people have tried to sneak into the U.S. Figures released by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday show Trump is delivering on his pledge to more strictly control immigration and suggest that would-be immigrants are getting the message to not even think about crossing the border illegally. In all, the Border Patrol made 310,531 arrests in fiscal 2016, down 25 per cent from a year earlier and the lowest level since 1971. There's a new recognition by would-be immigrants that the U.S. is not hanging up a welcome sign, said Michelle Mittelstadt, of the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute think-tank . She pointed to Trump's rhetoric, as well as his policies. Officials have credited that drop to Trump's harsh anti-immigration rhetoric and policies, including widely publicized arrests of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

obama administration: The GOP lawmakers, in a letter to Ryan, pressed for quick action, according to Metro News. We must pass legislation that protects DACA recipients from deportation and gives them the opportunity to apply for a more secured status in our country as soon as possible, the lawmakers wrote. Ryan has said he does not see a need to act before March, the deadline President Donald Trump gave Congress to find a permanent solution after he suspended the temporary protections against deportation granted by the Obama administration. Reaching across the aisle to protect DACA recipients before the holidays is the right thing to do. Now, this similar show of support from Republicans, including some from competitive House districts, complicates some of the end-of-the-year negotiations to keep the government open. Democrats repeatedly have pressed for a legislative solution, arguing these immigrants are facing an uncertain future. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

zeid al-hussein: Rohingya subjected to 'dehumanizing apartheid' Amnesty International Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar military of widespread rape Myanmar's ambassador Htin Lynn said that his government was working with Bangladesh to ensure returns of the displaced in about two months and there will be no camps, according to CBC. Zeid, who has described the campaign in the past as a textbook case of ethnic cleansing, was addressing a special session of the UN Human Rights Council called by Bangladesh, which is struggling to accommodate Rohingya who have fled. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, UN high commissioner for human rights, said that none of the 626,000 Rohingya who have fled violence since August should be repatriated to Myanmar unless there was robust monitoring on the ground. A woman collapses from exhaustion as Rohingya refugees arrive by a wooden boat from Myanmar on the shore of Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on Oct. 1. Can anyone can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present he told the 47-member state forum. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters He described concordant reports of acts of appalling barbarity committed against the Rohingya, including deliberately burning people to death inside their homes; murders of children and adults; indiscriminate shooting of fleeing civilians; widespread rapes of women and girls; and the burning and destruction of houses, schools, markets and mosques. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anxieties: He shames the refugee for fleeing, telling him he'll never fulfill his dreams outside Syria, according to National Observer. Do you think they'll accept you he mocks. He breaks down in sobs, but is greeted with icy disdain. ; Where do you think you're going his brother asks, slapping away his hand. You want to be an engineer You'd be lucky to work in a pizza shop! Their tense conversation sounds like a rundown of anxieties faced by refugees. Guilt triggered by leaving. Fear of social rejection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

art museum: Though there's humour in her appearances as a country wife and nude model posing with the fathers of Confederation, there's also a hefty dose of pain and anger in works that dramatize starvation, forced treaties, residential schools, incarceration and murdered women, according to NOW Magazine. The show is touring Canada, opening in Kingston in January, and being adapted into a book. Kent Monkman, Shame And Prejudice A Story Of Resilience, Art Museum at the University of Toronto January 26-March 5 In his most integrated and powerful show yet, Monkman deployed history paintings, installations and artifacts to tell the story of Indigenous people in Canada through the eyes of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, his two-spirited alter ego. Fran Schechter2. Now. Every. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

action centre: But caregiver advocates say the government is still not doing enough to address inherent inequalities in the program, which allows caregivers to apply for permanent residency after they have worked in Canada for two years, according to Toronto Star. Anna Malla, an organizer with the Caregivers' Action Centre, said caregivers should be granted permanent residency upon arrival, like other classes of economic immigrants. While many live-in caregiver applicants have faced long delays and family separation, they can rest assured that they will soon receive a positive decision on their application, Hussen said at a news conference at Christina's Panciteria, a Filipino restaurant in North York. If the Liberals were really committed to family reunification, they would be looking at some of these bigger issues, Malla said, adding that granting caregivers permanent residency upon arrival is the only way to ensure they can assert their rights. Minister Hussen said it's important work, so we want to see a commitment on that same note. Care work is real work; it's important work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian: Apart from indigenous communities, Canada was largely white and Christian, according to Toronto Star. This is no longer the case. For more than the first 100 years of its existence, the population of Canada was quite homogeneous. Walk through many Canadian city neighbourhoods and you are just as likely to hear conversations in Tamil, Punjabi or Mandarin as you are in English or French. Canadian political strategists have been undertaking multicultural outreach since the 1970s. The implications of this demographic shift are enormous for anyone trying to craft messages aimed at reaching these diverse audiences. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bhat: The amount of turmoil they've gone through ... we can't even fathom what it must be like, said Adnan Bhat, who volunteers with the Abbotsford Islamic Centre, according to CTV. They're trying to gather the strength for the other kids. On Saturday, Hala Albarhoum's grief-stricken father held her little body, wrapped in a shroud, before placing her into her grave during the burial in Chilliwack that was attended by many community members. They are praying a lot for Hala and for the other kids, just for strength to deal with the loss, said Bhat, who indicated the family has three surviving children. B.C. Transit president Manuel Achadinha said in a statement on Friday that he is extremely saddened to hear of the girl's death and the agency's thoughts are with her family, the driver and others who witnessed the event. Several departments are investigating Hala's death including the major crime unit and B.C. Commercial Vehicle Safety. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

francisque: For the past nine months, Francisque has been treated for tuberculosis, according to CBC. But his treatment may end abruptly on Jan. 2, 2018, if he is deported back to Haiti. A crimson growth on the side of his neck bulged over his shirt collar as he stared down at a letter that read to him like a death sentence. I just go to die, he said. I have to go but my life is done. I cannot stay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

galizia: They were the first known break in a crime that shocked Malta and motivated European Union officials to look into the EU island nation's laws and government, according to Toronto Star. Caruana Galizia, 53, was killed Oct. 16 when a bomb destroyed her car as she was driving near her home. The arrests came seven weeks to the day after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who was among the subjects of the late reporter's investigations, declined to say who the suspects were or why they were arrested. Thirty minutes later she was dead Article Continued Below Malta's best-known journalist made powerful enemies. Read more Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia filed her final blog post criticizing Maltese government officials. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration consultant: In addition, since 2011, Canmax has faced a series of lawsuits from immigration customers who say the company made big promises but failed to deliver, according to CBC. In the wake of those concerns, Canmax changed its name to Wilson Legal Consulting in 2014. In 2013, the government suspended the immigration consultant connected to Canmax, after discovering the company had offered almost 100 fake jobs to Chinese nationals seeking permanent residence in Canada through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program. But the company continued to operate out of the same Toronto office space with the other Canmax group of companies. The two companies told prospects an investment in the mall was a ticket to permanent residence in Canada. From that location, it offered immigration services in close partnership with Brightenview Development International and its proposed Dundurn, Sask. megamall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kiwi citizenship: He was the highest profile scalp of a constitutional provision barring dual citizens from serving in federal parliament, with eight lawmakers forced to resign so far, according to CTV. In a time of covfefe, fake news, and tweetstorms, the Australian National Dictionary Centre has looked for a word of the year that is both lexically interesting and Australian, the centre's director Amanda Laugesen said in a statement. It had been used sparingly in the past to describe a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand, but took on a new lease of life when Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce found out he also had Kiwi citizenship in August. Laugesen said Kwaussie was first used in 2002 to describe actor Russell Crowe. Subsequent evidence suggests its use is predominantly Australian, found chiefly in social media, and also found with spelling variants including Kwozzie and Kwozzy. He was described as a Kwaussie -- what you get when you cross a Kiwi who can't decide whether they're a Kiwi or an Aussie, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maltese citizens: Eight Maltese citizens were arrested because of a reasonable suspicion of their involvement in Caruana Galizia's killing, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters at a news conference, according to The Chronicle Herald. Shortly afterward, he tweeted that two others had been arrested. Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose reporting focused heavily on corruption on the EU island nation, was killed Oct. 16 when a bomb destroyed her car as she was driving near her home. The two additional suspects are also Maltese, Home Minister Michael Farrugia said. Farrugia said he wouldn't disclose anything else because I have been already threatened by legal action by the Caruana Galizia family. Declining to give details on the arrests, Muscat cited concerns any information could compromise prospects to successfully prosecute the case. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news broadcast: It's time to go find other audiences, the 62-year-old anchor said in an interview last week at the Univision studios outside Miami, according to Metro News. Her departure comes at a difficult time for many immigrants who view the nightly program as a lifeline for understanding current events. Salinas, who hosts the main news broadcast on Univision with co-anchor Jorge Ramos, has been weighing her departure for several years and says the time is right to pursue independent projects, including some in English. President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to crack down on illegal immigration, and his administration has increased enforcement efforts and announced plans to cancel several programs that have allowed tens of thousands of people without permanent residency status to stay in the U.S. Some advocates say immigrants will lose an important voice when Salinas steps down this Friday. It's refreshing and inspiring to have someone like her who can sway public opinion, raise her voice and represent the community. She is someone who understands the situation, said Natalia Jaramillo, a spokeswoman for We Belong Together, a group that promotes the rights of immigrant families. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

officers use: The reforms were strongly resisted by the department's brass at the time, according to Metro News. However, a monitoring team found the changes eventually led to a drop in how often officers use serious force, with no rise in crime or officer injuries. The agreement followed questionable actions against minorities, including an officer's fatal shooting of a Native American woodcarver in 2010. During a 28-month span from 2014 to 2016, incidents in which Seattle officers used force that caused or could be expected to cause injury fell at least 60 per cent from a similar period in 2009 to 2011. Former Mayor Ed Murray hired O'Toole, a former Boston police commissioner. New Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Deputy Chief Carmen Best will serve as interim chief beginning Jan. 1. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opening fire: The murderer was than heard to scream, I hate feminists, before opening fire and killing 14 innocent women Anne St-Arneault 23 Genevi ve Bergeron 21 H l ne Colgan 23 Nathalie Croteau 23 Barbara Daigneault 22 Anne-Marie Edward 21 Maud Haviernick 29 Barbara Klueznick 31 Maryse Lagani re 25 Maryse Leclair 23 Anne-Marie Lemay 22 Sonia Pelletier 23 Mich le Richard 21 and Annie Turcotte 21 simply because they were female, according to Rabble. This December 6 marks the 28th anniversary of the mass femicide at cole Polytechnique. He ordered the men to leave the room. Vigils will be held across Canada to commemorate the horrendous act that made it far too clear to all women that if you are female there are no safe spaces. Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.70 per cent of spousal violence is not reported to the police.A woman is assaulted an average of 35 times before she calls the police the first time. In Canada it's well documented that One in three women will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

same-sex acts: Most of us, however, cannot possibly imagine the fear, the physical and mental anguish or the pain engendered by state-driven persecution, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nevertheless, volunteers at Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia RRANS make it their mission to know the details of refugees fleeing from countries where, according to rainbowrefugees, ... 77 countries criminalize same-sex acts. We may empathize, we may sympathize and we may even donate time, money or both to help bring refugees to safe Canadian shores. In many of them, imprisonment awaits. RRANS was created in 2011 to advocate on behalf of, sponsor and/or settle LGBTQI refugees in the Halifax area. In others, the death penalty looms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shooting scott: Slager's attorneys think the videos show him acting in a calm, professional demeanour leading up to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, according to Metro News. Prosecutors believe the videos depict the officer's callous behaviour . Slager, 36, pleaded guilty in federal court in May to violating Scott's civil rights by shooting Scott without justification. The sentencing hearing for ex-officer Michael Slager opened up with his attorneys playing cellphone and dashcam video that showed the traffic stop and the shooting itself. He faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced by a judge, perhaps as soon as this week. There's nothing in Michael Slager's background, from birth to today, of any racial animus or any harassment of minority members of the community, his attorney Andy Savage said, countering assertions that the officer acted violently because Scott was black. Federal sentencing officials have recommended between 10 to nearly 13 years in prison. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pizzamaking methods: I thought, hey, pizza is kind of underrepresented in Toronto the way we could do it, according to NOW Magazine. He brought in Cale Elliot-Armstrong, the founding chef at Village Pizza, and Anthony Falco, formerly of Roberta's in Brooklyn, who previously visited Toronto when the celebrated pizza joint hosted a pop-up. I looked at places in New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and there was a lot of quality food happening in a very modern way, says owner Ali Khan Lalani. It's a great food city. Expand Natalia Manzocco Falco and Elliot-Armstrong put their heads together to develop a menu that touches on traditional pizzamaking methods, but maintains some irreverence. I love that you can grab from every culinary discipline, because it's such a multicultural city, Falco says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rights education: So we need to both be on the international stage but not give lessons without realizing we have work to do, according to National Observer. On the weekend, human rights champions from 50 countries gathered with Quebec and Canadian officials and politicians at the conference of about 200 participants. We just have to think about violence against women Indigenous issues. The theme was bridging diversities, and participants called for more human rights education and consideration from key policy-makers, including governments and academic institutions at a time of rising populist and authoritarian movements. Her job starts Dec. 5. It was co-organized by Canadian non-profit Equitas, the United Nations Human Rights office, and academic institutions including Concordia, McGill, Universit du Qu bec Montr al and Western Sydney a former Quebec representative at UNESCO, the United Nations body on culture, heritage and science, recently returned from Paris to her home province to take on the new job of human rights envoy created by Quebec's foreign department to further enhance its advocacy for human rights abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

budget freeze: It's just not going to happen, said McConnell, R-Ky, according to Metro News. House GOP leaders unveiled a short-term plan over the weekend to avert a shutdown and keep the government open through Dec. 22. There's not going to be a government shutdown. The measure would buy time for bipartisan talks on a bigger budget agreement that would give the Pentagon and government agencies significant relief from a pending budget freeze. Democrats and a few Republicans have suggested they may not vote for government funding without the protections for tens of thousands of young immigrants, known as Dreamers, who are currently protected by an Obama administration program. Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the government through the end of next September. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

burmese: Between 400,000 and 500,000 have been driven out of their homes and villages, many becoming refugees in Bangladesh or India, according to Rabble. Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, has never said a word about them, at least not for publication. They are regularly harassed, detained, beaten, raped and killed by the Burmese army. Most of the weapons that are killing them and destroying their villages are sold to the Burmese Army by the State of Israel. The Burmese, along with most of the rest of the world, loudly deplore the violence that has destroyed Rohingya villages and slaughtered so many and made so many refugees. They have become a subject of international concern. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cbc news: Before leaving their home in Parc-Extension, Robert Lawrence, the father of the family, said they were all very sad, but still love Canada despite their deportation, according to CBC. What can you do We have to all obey the rules and regulations, Lawrence told CBC News. Their flight took off from Montreal's Trudeau airport Sunday evening. We enjoyed the last five years of our lives in Canada. The family was applying for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Good lives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

church: But it can get downright heated, even scrappy, according to Metro News. It's not just a church for East Preston, says Minister Matthew Thomas, who believes that dealing with issues of faith and issues of racism, oppression and injustice for Black Haligonians are one in the same. Black church members are not shy to air their experiences with racism and discrimination as part of weekly conversation. When we talk about being pro-Black, that doesn't mean we're anti-white. We don't ignore that; we just work through it. We've had to have that conversation in Bible study, said Thomas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.