RARP PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
SUNDAY JUNE 20 3 PM
PALESTINE CENTER, 1874 KINSGWAY (corner Victoria)

The refugee process has systemically become increasingly difficult over the last several years and there has been an increase of racial profiling of Muslim and Arab communities on arrival and throughout their time in Canada. Members of RARP will be talking about their struggles as refugee claimants in Canada and their fears of deportation. The committee will share their stories as well as information of some of the organizing happening within affected communities in Vancouver to stop detentions and deportations.

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ARE YOU FACING DEPORTATION?

COMMUNITY FORUM ON REFUGEE RIGHTS

Free public forums with legal advice from refugee advocates and activists challenging the new repressive refugee laws.  Translation/ childcare available.

SATURDAY June 12th, 2004 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Room Kwantlen University College, 12666 72nd Avenue
Buses: 319 – from Scott Road and Scott Road Station to Scottsdale Exchange
322 or 340 – from Scottsdale Exchange to Kwantlen College
393 – from Surrey Central Station to 72nd and 128th (two blocks from Kwantlen College)

SUN JUNE 13 @ 6 PM BRITTANIA Canuck family education room 1661 Napier St (@ Commerical Dr)

SAT JUNE 19 @ 2 PM STRATHCONA Seniors Lounge  601 Keefer St

STOP THE DEPORTATION OF MOURAD – RALLY @ CIC OFFICES

JUNE 7 AT NOON

WRITE/ FAX/ EMAIL

Judy Sgro, P.C., M.P.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1
Fax: 613-947-8319, Tel: 613-992-7774
E-mail: Minister@cic.gc.ca

Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
c/o Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6
Fax: 613-990-9077, Tel: 613-991-2924
E-mail: McClellan.A@parl.gc.ca

Re: DEPORTATION OF ALGERIAN MAN MARRIED TO CANADIAN CITIZEN

I would like to draw your particular attention to the case of Mr Mourad Kinneche who is facing deportation on June 8. Mourad is an Algerian man who faces real threats of persecution if deported. Mourad sought political refuge in Canada as a conscientious objector and political dissenter speaking out against the civil war and terrorism that has resulted in over 300,000 deaths and close to one million disappearances in the past decade. He managed to flee in the hopes of establishing a new and secure life in Canada.

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FORUM WITH A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE IN VANCOUVER

APRIL 9 @ 6:30 PM. PALESTINE COMMUNITY CENTER, 1874 KINGSWAY

Osama, a Palestinian refugee living in Vancouver, was recently denied refugee status. Osama has been unable to live any semblance of a normal life, having faced the occupation as a young teenager, and since then constantly on the move in the hopes of starting a new and secure life. Osama’s city, Qalqil-ya, is now completely surrounded by the so-called security wall, a wall that is 25 feet high that separates the city from the outside world.

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NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN REFUGEES FACING DEPORTATION FROM CANADA

April 8th, 12 Noon. Citizenship & Immigration Canada, 300 West Georgia

A national day of action will bring the struggle of around 100 Palestinian refugees facing deportation from Canada to the streets of major Canadian cities. Several deportations of stateless Palestinian refugees are set to be executed in the coming days, and many more in the coming weeks. With your participation and collective support we can halt these deportations.

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