Trust of Care: Migrant women rally around undocumented moms-to-be
Amidst hardening rhetoric against “illegal immigrants,” a network of health workers, many refugees themselves, have begun quietly filling gaps faced by non-status women in B.C.
Tag Archives: Refugees
Happy New Year: Stories of 2012
Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.
Canada unique for lack of xenophobic sentiment in public discourse: Kenney
The immigration minister said that his immigration crackdown — from marriage fraud to human smuggling and what he called the “abuse of Canada’s generosity” — is not driven by ideology or racism.
A crisis in migrant health
From refugees to temporary foreign workers, migrants are bearing the brunt of health-care cuts in Canada.
Slight reversal in federal refugee health cuts ‘too little too late,’ say doctors
Doctors and health care workers across the country today said a slight reversal in cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program is “too little and too late.”
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney besieged by critics during BC visit
By the time Jason Kenney began his speech yesterday morning in Surrey, the Citizenship and Immigration minister had been confronted at least four times during his short B.C. visit.
Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts Rile Doctors
‘Groundswell’ of anger by MDs, other health providers, against hit to Interim Federal Health Program.
‘The system is made to be corrupt’: Mexican journalist in B.C. fights her deportation
A B.C. journalist faced death threats in Mexico after blowing the whistle on corruption. Will Canada now deport her? The Left Coast Post investigates.
Mexican whistleblower Karla Lottini fights corruption, death threats and deportation
“Tell her I came to say hi,” a man told the journalist’s sister – and showed her a gun. In this VO exclusive, Karla Lottini tells the tale of her fight to lead a safe life in Canada.
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Community economic development
MAP-UK commissioned a series of articles and photographs of Palestinian refugees in several camps throughout Lebanon for a resource on their micro-credit loan programme
David P Ball 