NEWS RELEASE Ottawa, June 20, 2023 — Just prior to the international Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, a high-level meeting will offer innovative solutions on how Canada and its G7 partners can move forward with new legal and economic mechanisms to hold Russia to account and help the people of Ukraine. Organized by the World Refugee & Migration […]
Mindset Social Innovation Founder, Alison Lawton, Appointed to the WRMC’s Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Mindset Social Innovation Foundation is thrilled to announce the appointment of its founder, Alison Lawton, to the World Refugee & Migration Council’s Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption. This appointment recognizes Lawton’s outstanding expertise and dedication to promoting social impact through investment. At a conference on June 20 […]
Why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change
A Colombian refugee in Ecuador writes that national and international systems supporting refugee protection and integration in the region aren’t given the resources and don’t have the capacity to support people seeking protection.
A major US asylum restriction is ending. So why is the humanitarian crisis in northern Mexico getting worse?
The New Humanitarian’s Eric Reidy writes that instead of bringing relief, the end of Title 42 looks poised to add confusion and pressure to an already difficult humanitarian situation.
An assault on asylum? Experts raise alarm
Experts say the right to asylum is ‘disappearing’ as wealthy nations enact restrictions aimed at keeping people out The following is an excerpt from an article published by Al Jazeera featuring WRMC’s Allan Rock on the lack of political will to revive the broken global asylum system. Last May, the United Nations unveiled a “sobering” milestone […]