albanian heritage: After scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute on Friday, Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri made a nationalist symbol of his ethnic Albanian heritage, according to Toronto Star. Clive Rose / GETTY IMAGES Both players put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's flag. Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri celebrated their goals by making a nationalist symbol of their ethnic Albanian heritage. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. In football, you have always emotions. I think about this, I don't want to speak, said Shaqiri, who also took off his shirt after scoring. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border: Although walking across an international border is irregular, those who did so in 2017 were met by RCMP or Canada Border Services Agency officials, and their status as refugee claimants was both verified and documented, according to Rabble. In short, these migrants did not enter illegally, their status as refugee claimants is legal, they are documented and their movement in Canada is tracked by border officials. In fact, the vast majority of migrants to Canada enter legally, through official ports of entry, and with documentation that is presented to and checked by border officials. But this does not mean that they have walked into all of the rights and entitlements of full Canadian citizenship. In recent years, Canadian immigration policy has become increasingly reliant on temporary migrants though programs such as the temporary foreign worker program TFWP . Federal statistics indicate that 116,540 workers with temporary status entered Canada in 2000. On the contrary their status is legal but precarious, just as is the case for many of those who enter through Canada's temporary work, student and other immigration avenues. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country agreement: She believes strongly that Canada should never have signed onto the agreement and should absolutely suspend it now, especially in light of recent policy changes in the United States regarding asylum seekers, according to CTV. I think that the evidence is clear and has been since the creation of the Safe Third Country Agreement in 2004 that the United States is not a safe country for refugees, she said. Efrat Arbel is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and was lead investigator on a Harvard Law School examination of the agreement in 2013. The United States' standards for refugee protection fall short of what the 'safe third' agreement requires for designation of a country as safe. The other core tenet is that Canada considers the United States a safe country for refugees. The Safe Third Country agreement is based on the core principle that people seeking refugee protection must file their claim in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for one of a few exceptions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hands: The rivals met this week in neighbouring Ethiopia on its prime minister's invitation, shaking hands and being coaxed into an awkward embrace as they held direct talks, according to The Chronicle Herald. They shook hands again as regional heads of state and government met to discuss the civil war in the world's youngest nation. This is simply because we have had enough of him, government spokesman Michael Makuei said. But it became clear that while South Sudan's government was open to having the opposition in the vice-president's role it would not accept Machar's return to that post. Opposition spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel told The Associated Press there was nothing agreed upon in the talks but that the face-to-face meeting with South Sudan's president was useful because we are able to see violence in Salva's eyes. Machar fled the country after new fighting erupted in the capital, Juba, in July 2016, ending a brief attempt at peace in which he returned to his role as Kiir's deputy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

customs enforcement: A day earlier, the Pentagon said it was drawing up plans to house as many as 20,000 migrants on U.S. military bases, according to Toronto Star. A migrant mother walks with her two daughters and their belongings on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a notice saying it is looking into creating 15,000 beds for use in detaining immigrant families. The mother, who did not wish to give their names, said they were fleeing their hometown near the Pacific coast of Mexico after suffering a violent carjacking of her taxicab. Some parents struggled to get in touch with children being held in many cases hundreds of miles away, in places like New York and the Chicago area. Mario Tama / GETTY IMAGES Beyond that, however, there were few signs of any relief for parents separated from their children and placed in detention centres for illegally entering the country over the past several weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant children: I am behind what the bishops say, the pope said, referring to the leadership of the U.S. bishops conference denouncing the separations as immoral, according to CTV. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a policy of separating immigrant children from their parents after being detained entering the United States without permission. Speaking to reporters on his airplane as he flew back to Rome after a visit to Geneva, Francis also reiterated that he supports the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States who condemned the immigration policy of separating children from parents who enter the U.S. illegally. Francis was asked both about the separation policy as well as Europe's struggle with a flood of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean from human traffickers' boats. He praised both Italy and Greece for being most generous in taking in migrants rescued at sea, and said all governments should take in as many refugees as their countries can handle. Italy's new populist government is trying to discourage more arrivals of rescued migrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minors: For a select few, there is hope, according to The Chronicle Herald. For a handful of immigrants who came to the U.S. from Central America many as unaccompanied minors poetry has given them a chance to tell the world both about their journeys north and through the byzantine immigration system. Some cling to pleasant memories from home. A lot happens in life, most of it sad, an occasional happiness, and sometimes you have no choice but to play the clown and laugh on the outside, even though inside we feel less than failures, wrote one of them in a poem titled The Future. The Associated Press reported Thursday that immigrants as young as 14 at the centre said they were beaten, locked away in solitary confinement for long periods of time and left alone naked in cold cells. The collection of poems in Dreaming America, published last year, was assembled by a Washington and Lee University professor and students who visited the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Virginia, lockup and helped the young immigrants put pencil to paper, giving voice to a largely unheard population at the centre of an increasingly heated U.S. policy debate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mrs trump: Mrs, according to Toronto Star. Trump was not going to a rave or a fundraiser for anarchists. As literal fashion statements go, I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U the words emblazoned on the back of a jacket that is now as scandalous as Monica Lewinsky's blue dress is problematic due to what psychologists call situational context. She was visiting displaced kids who've been torn from their parents. But her jacket ended up on a distraction mission. She was on a compassion mission. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

serb nationalists: Shaqiri added the other in injury time after running past the Serbian defence, according to The Chronicle Herald. Both put their open hands together with their thumbs locked and fingers outstretched to make what looks like the double-headed eagle displayed on Albania's national flag. In the tournament's first come-from-behind victory, Xhaka made it 1-1 in the 52nd minute with a powerful shot through a crowded penalty. The thumbs represent the heads of the two eagles, while the fingers look like the feathers. Shaqiri was born in Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. The gesture is likely to inflame tensions among Serb nationalists and ethnic Albanians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump: Some said they didn't even know where their children were, according to CTV. Others said they had been deported without them. Parents who remained locked up struggled to get in touch with children being held in many cases hundreds of miles away. Trump himself took a hard line on the crisis, accusing the Democrats of telling phoney stories of sadness and grief. A senior Trump administration official said that about 500 of the more than 2,300 children taken from their families at the border in recent weeks have been reunited since May. We cannot allow our country to be overrun by illegal immigrants, he tweeted. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

u.s .,: I thought it again this week.U.S. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions wrote Tuesday, about Latino refugee kids jailed apart from their parents These children are well cared for, according to Rabble. In fact, they get better care than a lot of American kids do plenty of food, education in their language, health and dental care at taxpayer expense. I've often wished I'd asked what she meant. That's close to saying they're better off imprisoned in the U.S., and should be grateful. Economist Karl Polanyi wrote that Africans transported to the Americas as slaves, as well as Indigenous North American peoples forced onto reserves or reservations, may have gained higher living standards by some measures, but so what Uprooting them from the social and cultural contexts that made sense of their lives and showered them with care, all but destroyed them, or did so. It's a deep misunderstanding, not just of what kids need but what everyone needs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tolerance policy: A look at the latest developments CONFUSION ON THE BORDERarticle continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Bank on road closures in Vancouver for June 24 half marathon Cannabis dispensaries get real Oct. 17, 2018; municipal leaders can't wait Canadian winemakers uncork ad campaign to 'Free My Grapes'Trump's order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion along the border, with officials sending conflicting signals about the state of the administration's zero tolerance policy, according to Vancouver Courier. Some parents said they did not even know where their children were. Trump himself took a hard line on the crisis, accusing the Democrats of telling phoney stories of sadness and grief. Others said they had been deported without them.A senior administration official said that about 500 of the more than 2,300 children taken from their families at the border in recent weeks have been reunited since May. The federal public defender's office for the region that covers El Paso to San Antonio said Thursday that federal prosecutors would be dismissing cases in which parents were charged with illegally entering the country and separated from their children. There were also signs that the administration was dialing back, at least for now, its zero tolerance policy of prosecuting all adults caught crossing into the U.S. illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country agreement: I think that the evidence is clear and has been since the creation of the Safe Third Country Agreement in 2004 that the United States is not a safe country for refugees, she said, according to National Observer. The United States' standards for refugee protection fall short of what the 'safe third' agreement requires for designation of a country as safe. Efrat Arbel is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and was lead investigator on a Harvard Law School examination of the agreement in 2013. ; She believes strongly that Canada should never have signed onto the agreement and should absolutely suspend it now, especially in light of recent policy changes in the United States regarding asylum seekers. The Safe Third Country agreement is based on the core principle that people seeking refugee protection must file their claim in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for one of a few exceptions. So, if an asylum seeker comes to Canada at an official border crossing from the United States and tries to claim refugee protection, they will be refused entry and encouraged to make their claim in the United States - the safe country from which they just came. The other core tenet is that Canada considers the United States a safe country for refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

handful: For a select few, there is hope, according to Vancouver Courier. For a handful of immigrants who came to the U.S. from Central America many as unaccompanied minors poetry has given them a chance to tell the world both about their journeys north and through the byzantine immigration system.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Bank on road closures in Vancouver for June 24 half marathon Vancouver massage therapist charged with sexual assault Why Vision Vancouver's Andrea Reimer doesn't aspire to be mayor A lot happens in life, most of it sad, an occasional happiness, and sometimes you have no choice but to play the clown and laugh on the outside, even though inside we feel less than failures, wrote one of them in a poem titled The Future. Some cling to pleasant memories from home. The collection of poems in Dreaming America, published last year, was assembled by a Washington and Lee University professor and students who visited the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Virginia, lockup and helped the young immigrants put pencil to paper, giving voice to a largely unheard population at the centre of an increasingly heated U.S. policy debate. Their claims were included in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in October. The Associated Press reported Thursday that immigrants as young as 14 at the centre said they were beaten, locked away in solitary confinement for long periods of time and left alone naked in cold cells. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

safety canada: It has long been shared with Canadian border and immigration officers who compare the names of people arriving in, or applying to come to, Canada against the roster, according to National Observer. Information sharing was a focus of discussion in March 2016 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met then-U.S. president Barack Obama in Washington. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien recently received a federal assessment of the new version of the program known as Tuscan, short for Tipoff U.S./Canada, to gauge its implications for sensitive personal data. ; Established in 1997, Tuscan is a U.S. list of names and other basic information about known or suspected terrorists. Public Safety Canada and the U.S. Terrorist Screening Centre signed an updated Tuscan arrangement in early June 2016, with the changes expected to take effect in summer or fall of 2017, say internal memos released under the Access to Information Act. However, authorities are still fine-tuning details of the revised Tuscan. Officials say the new arrangement is now in place. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wonton restaurant: When they arrived, his family rented out a claustrophobic attic near Commercial Drive and Leung took a night job as a dishwasher in a wonton restaurant while he learned English by day.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Bank on road closures in Vancouver for June 24 half marathon Vancouver massage therapist charged with sexual assault Why Vision Vancouver's Andrea Reimer doesn't aspire to be mayor Six years later, Leung opened his own produce store at Richmond's Blundell Centre and by 2017, there were 32 of the now well-known shop, Kin's Farm Market, across B.C. Leung says he always follows his grandmother's advice to make his business successful Work hard on your career, build a great and bright future, be successful in business, and bring honour to the family and ancestors, she would say, according to Vancouver Courier. The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award has recognized Canadian immigrants and their contributions to society for the past 10 years. Hailing from Guangzhou, China, Kin Wah Leung landed in Vancouver in 1981. This year, hundreds of nominations were received, with 75 finalists reviewed by a judging panel of previous winners. Congratulations to all winners and nominees. The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards celebrate the outstanding accomplishments and leadership of newcomers across Canada, said Ivy Chiu, Senior Director, Newcomer Strategy at RBC. Now in its 10th year and with over 250 newcomers recognized, the awards highlight our country's diversity, and the contributions and positive impact newcomers have been making in our communities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bill features: He's rarely seen himself reflected in a space that prioritizes fit white bodies, or much of any spaces for that matter, according to NOW Magazine. Agents have told him he's funny as hell, but say they can't work with him because there's nowhere to place him in Canadian media. As a self-professed chubby Black gay dude, comedian Brandon Ash-Mohammed has never felt welcome at Pride. So Ash-Mohammed created The Ethnic Rainbow, a monthly stand-up show that launched in February, for these very reasons. If you don't feel welcome by traditional Pride, come chill with us and party in the margins, he says. The bill features exclusively LGBTQ comedians of colour, and for its Pride edition, Ash-Mohammed is providing a space for those who've similarly felt excluded. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration policies: Trump downplayed the crisis that has threatened to envelop the White House amid days of heart-wrenching images of children being pulled from their immigrant parents along the nation's southern border, according to The Chronicle Herald. He made only a brief mention of his decision to sign an executive order after spending days insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law and a court decision. Hours after reversing himself to end the forced separations of migrant families, President Donald Trump returned to the warm embrace of his supporters at a raucous rally to defend his hard-line immigration policies while unleashing a torrent of grievances about the media and those investigating him. We're going to keep families together and the border is going to be just as tough as it's been, Trump told the cheering crowd in Duluth on Wednesday night. Democrats put illegal immigrants before they put American citizens. Seemingly motivated to promote his hawkish immigration bona fides after his about-face on forced separations, the president denounced his political opponents and those who make unauthorized border crossings, suggesting that the money used to care for those immigrants could be better spent on the nation's rural communities and inner cities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant children: Ralph Northam announced the probe in a tweet hours after The Associated Press reported the allegations, according to Toronto Star. They were included in a federal civil rights lawsuit with a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino youths held for months or years at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center. Gov. The Associated Press report also cited an adult who saw bruises and broken bones the children said were caused by guards. The abuse claims are detailed in federal court filings that include a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino teens jailed there for months or years. Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Va., say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant families: I'm still on the highest level of alert, according to The Chronicle Herald. I still think we're in a state of national crisis, New Jersey Sen. Fiery Democratic leaders from Vermont to New Jersey to Texas met President Donald Trump's executive order to stop dividing immigrant families with deep skepticism, promising waves of protests, border visits and congressional oversight to shine new light on the Republican administration's immigration tactics. Cory Booker told The Associated Press in an interview. The kitchen-sink approach comes as Democrats work to sustain the energy of the Trump resistance heading into this fall's midterm elections when the GOP's House and Senate majorities are at stake. Yet for all the outrage, the fallout from Trump's policy to separate children from their parents at the border and his subsequent reversal on Wednesday highlighted a scattershot strategy from a Democratic Party still searching for new leadership and a consistent message as the Trump presidency stretches deeper into its second year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

latino youths: Ralph Northam announced the probe in a tweet hours after The Associated Press reported the allegations, according to CTV. They were included in a federal civil rights lawsuit with a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino youths held for months or years at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center. Gov. The AP report also cited an adult who saw bruises and broken bones the children said were caused by guards. Children as young as 14 said the guards there stripped them of their clothes and strapped them to chairs with bags placed over their heads. Northam, a Democrat, said the allegations were disturbing and directed the state's secretary of public safety and homeland security and the Department of Juvenile Justice to report back to him to ensure the safety of every child being held there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

record numbers: Four years ago, Barack Obama faced a similar crisis when record numbers of Central American immigrants fleeing violence began showing up at the border, according to The Chronicle Herald. Officials had to deal with the same court case the current administration began fighting Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump issued a new executive order to stop separating migrant families whose parents were arrested for illegally entering the country. The Trump administration isn't the first to grapple with the question of how to handle tens of thousands of immigrant families stopped along the U.S.-Mexico border. More than 60,000 family units which the U.S. government defines as a parent and child were stopped along the border in the 2014 fiscal year, a fourfold increase from a year earlier. Initially, the Obama administration released mothers and children with notices to appear in immigration courts in the cities where they were headed. In the last fiscal year, that number exceeded 70,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

paul meadlo: Questions about babies have arisen again at the White House, this time about thousands of immigrant children, some only months old, ripped from their parents and jailed in cages on the orders of President Trump, according to Rabble. That question, asked half a century ago, And babies was posed by veteran investigative journalist Mike Wallace while interviewing a young Vietnam veteran named Paul Meadlo. These four words, broadcast by CBS News in 1969, had a profound impact on the American public, the Nixon presidency and the course of the Vietnam War. And babies, Meadlo answered. What followed came to be known as the My Lai Massacre. He was an Army private who, along with scores of other U.S. soldiers, conducted a raid on March 16, 1968, attacking a Vietnamese village called My Lai. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

republicans: Those defections -- nearly 1 in 5 GOP lawmakers -- underscored the party's chasm over immigration and the election-year pressures Republicans face to stay true to districts that range from staunchly conservative to pro-immigrant, according to CTV. Thursday's vote set the stage for debate on the second bill, this one crafted by Republican leaders in hopes of finding an accord between the party's sparring moderate and conservative wings. The conservative measure was defeated 231-193, with 41 Republicans -- mostly moderates -- joining Democrats in voting against it. That compromise was considered too lenient by some conservatives and seemed likely to fall, too, and aides said the final roll call would wait till Friday. As if the internal GOP turmoil was not enough, the party's political exposure on the issue has been intensified by heartbreaking images of migrant children separated from families and complicated by opaque statements by Trump. Rejection of both would represent an embarrassment for U.S. President Donald Trump, who has supported them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

retraining immigrant: I didn't get the job, he laughed, years later, according to Toronto Star. Fundraisers and alumni of the Immigrant Access Fund, a micro-loan charity aimed at retraining immigrant white-collar workers, at a function on June 20. He needed to get from downtown Calgary to Innisfail for a 9 a.m. job interview during the first snowstorm of the year. Brennan Doherty / Star Metro Jose Diola, an IT professional from the Philippines, arrived in Calgary in 2010. Brennan Doherty / Star Metro Christy Sarmiento, a Filipino data analyst, now works for Alberta Health Services. After stints working low-wage jobs, he managed to work his way back into his old profession thanks to a loan from the Immigrant Access Fund. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump: The images struck her, as a mother, as a human being, according to Toronto Star. U.S. First Lady Melania Trump travelled to Texas to see first hand the condition and treatment that migrant children taken from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border are receiving from the federal government. She wanted to see everything for herself, Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told reporters travelling with her. Following public outcry and criticism from members of his own party, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to stop the separation of migrant children from their families, a practice the administration employed to deter illegal immigration at the border. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar accompanied the first lady on the trip. Chip Somodevilla / GETTY IMAGES Trump's itinerary includes visits to two sites in McAllen, Tex. a detention centre housing children separated from their parents and an intake facility for apprehended parents and children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.