WRMC Chair Ninette Kelley writes in The Globe and Mail that the international humanitarian system has long needed reform, but Canada’s recent retreat, alongside other donors, represents a missed opportunity to improve it rather than shrinking and weakening it. At least 72 migrants died last month when tens of thousands of people surged into the […]
Facing reality: Canada and the challenge of refugee protection
While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised global leadership in protecting human rights defenders and refugees, writes WRMC Chair Ninette Kelley, the apparent retreat from this commitment has been rapid and troubling.
Bribe, Inc. Film Screening
Join film director Peter W. Klein and experts from the University of Ottawa for a special screening of Bribe, Inc., an investigative documentary that uncovers the far-reaching impacts of corruption across industries and borders.
International Community Must Counter Efforts to Dismantle Refugee and Migration Protections at UN General Assembly
Recent executive actions and policy statements by the US administration point to a clear intent to dismantle the current international framework governing asylum and migration, sharply restricting the right to seek protection and threatening to renounce or undermine key conventions and treaties designed to safeguard refugees.
World Refugee & Migration Council Urges Actions to Counter Breakdown of the International Refugee System
The international refugee and migration regime — one of the critical pillars of the post-war international rules-based order — is crumbling before our very eyes with global implications.