Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock write in this Globe & Mail op-ed that the premise of the US-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement – that both countries are safe for asylum seekers – has not held true for some time. Ms. Mustefa is just one of the many refugee claimants who have been jailed in the United States after coming to our border to seek protection and then being turned away.
Innovative investment fund in Colombia will benefit forcibly displaced
This news release is also available in Spanish. Unique financing project launched as direct result of World Refugee & Migration Council’s Call to Action and support for concept development Low-income housing units will be available for internally displaced Colombians and Venezuelan refugees and migrants Joint venture formed by Crowe Global and Andean Capital Partners, LLC […]
Innovador fondo de inversión en Colombia beneficiará a desplazados
Proyecto de financiamiento único en su clase concebido y lanzado como resultado directo de recomendaciones del Consejo Mundial para los Refugiados y la Migración Colombianos de escasos recursos, internamente desplazados, al igual que refugiados y migrantes venezolanos, podrán disponer de unidades de vivienda de interés social Empresa conjunta constituida por Crowe Global y Andean Capital […]
Council launches partnership with Lamp Lifeboat Ladder to resettle refugee survivors of torture
The World Refugee & Migration Council (WRMC) announced today — the UN’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture — that it will support resettling in Canada refugees who have suffered torture and/or sexual violence.
Let’s hold the kleptocrats to account
Two recent and innovative proposals might help. Each of them is designed to deal with political corruption: to deter it, to detect it, and to punish it.