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Canada Must Stop Detaining Migrants in Provincial Jails

Posted on November 14, 2022December 12, 2022 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

WRMC’s Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock write in The Globe and Mail that Canada must stop its arbitrary imprisonment of vulnerable migrants and refugee claimants.

Podcast: Lloyd Axworthy On Supporting Refugees

Posted on September 20, 2022October 4, 2022 by WRMC in In the media

WRMC Chair Lloyd Axworthy joined the Conference Board of Canada to discuss the global refugee system, how Canada’s generally positive political and social approach has helped our country take the lead in creating new and innovative ways to support refugees.

Five Years Since the 2017 Exodus, Concrete Action Needed on Rohingya Refugees

Posted on August 25, 2022September 8, 2022 by Fen Osler Hampson in News, Opinion

Despite attempts by China to broker an agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar for repatriation, the situation has only worsened for Rohingya refugees.

Responding to the Afghan Refugee Crisis in the United States and Canada

Posted on June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 by WRMC in Event

WRMC Chair Lloyd Axworthy will speak a this session to explore improving Afghan refugee integration in Canada and the United States

An Update From Lamp Lifeboat Ladder

Posted on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 by Jayne Fleming in Letter

Jayne Fleming of Lamp Lifeboat Ladder provides an update and a refugee’s story from Jordan.

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The World Refugee & Migration Council offers bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees and the forcibly displaced through the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing. Council members include leaders, practitioners and innovators from developing and developed countries across the globe.

The World Refugee & Migration Council is supported through a partnership with Cuso International.

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The World Refugee & Migration Council

The World Refugee & Migration Council offers bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees and the forcibly displaced through the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing. Council members include leaders, practitioners and innovators from developing and developed countries across the globe.


The World Refugee & Migration Council is supported through a partnership with Cuso International.

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Latest posts

  • Seeking Asylum Is a Legal Human Right – Why Are We Treating It as the Opposite? January 26, 2023
  • North American Leaders Must Look Beyond Their Borders to Manage Regional Migration January 9, 2023
  • World Refugee & Migration Council Welcomes Government of Canada’s Efforts to Seize Assets of Sanctioned Oligarch to Assist Ukraine December 20, 2022
  • Canada Starts First Process to Seize and Pursue the Forfeiture of Assets of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch December 19, 2022
  • Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Seizing the Canadian Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Who Are Violating Human Rights in Russia and Iran December 13, 2022