Posted by admin on Feb 2nd, 2016
by Travis Lupick
http://www.straight.com/news/614931/cbsa-enforcement-against-immigrants-rise-bc
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) immigration-enforcement activities conducted in B.C. have intensified this year, an analysis of regional department data suggests.
CBSA recently supplied the Straight with statistics for the last two fiscal years (which run from April to March) plus the last nine months of 2015. Based on that data, the Straight estimates that CBSA Pacific region officers will have initiated 2,210 immigration investigations by March 31, 2016. That’s up from 1,843 during the previous fiscal year and 2,060 for 2013-14.
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Posted by admin on Feb 2nd, 2016
Shaneen Robinson
APTN National News
Thousands of more Syrian refugees will soon be calling Manitoba their new home.
With one of the highest Indigenous populations in Canada, Winnipeg groups have partnered with refugee organizations to learn about each other.
Posted by admin on Nov 30th, 2015
By: Harsha Walia
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Why-Migration-Should-Be-Central-to-Paris-COP21-Climate-Talks-20151125-0011.html
Climate refugees and displaced peoples bear the brunt of environmental violence.
“We live in constant fear of the adverse impacts of climate change. For a coral atoll nation, sea level rise and more severe weather events loom as a growing threat to our entire population. The threat is real and serious, and is of no difference to a slow and insidious form of terrorism against us.†– Prime Minister of Tuvalu Saufatu Sapo’aga at the United Nations
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, world leaders are closing their borders to refugees and cracking down on civil society participation in the upcoming climate negotiations. Over the past 15 years, the War on Terror has allowed for increased state powers while curbing fundamental rights, especially of racialized bodies marked as threats. Meanwhile, violence against the majority of humanity – including the devastation caused by climate change in places like Tuvalu – continues on with international impunity.
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Posted by admin on Nov 17th, 2015
Community Alert: Increased CBSA enforcement
Over the past two weeks, we have been contacted by a number of people who have had Canada Border Services Agency come to their workplaces and homes and a number of people who have been detained by Canada Border Services Agency. The number of support calls we receive regularly has also increased with more people reporting deportation orders coming up soon and a possible raid (unconfirmed) at a worksite on Marine Drive.
We don’t want to alarm people but we don’t want to let everyone know. To us this suggests increased CBSA enforcement, something we have witnessed in past years towards the end of the year.
For those in our communities who are at risk of CBSA enforcement, let us know if and how we can support you in staying safe. For anyone who witnesses CBSA vehicles or CBSA inland enforcement teams, please contact us. If you work in a workplace where you know of undocumented workers, please ask how best to support in case of a CBSA raid (safe exits, emergency contacts etc). We are deeply troubled and angered and saddened by these raids and invite others to join in the movement to end CBSA enforcement in our communities.
Posted by admin on Oct 3rd, 2015
Sunday, October 11 at 2:00pm
YWCA 733 Beatty Street (near Stadium Skytrain)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1501359490156546/
As part of 10 Days for Refugees Welcome (RefugeesWelcome.ca), No One Is Illegal-Vancouver – unceded Coast Salish Territories invites you to a panel discussion on what it means to be a refugee in Canada.
We assert Refugees Welcome! Freedom to move, stay and return.
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