Check out the latest Oxfam Canada Feminist Scorecard 2024 to learn more about how Canada can make progress in advancing refugee and migrant rights and protections: oxfam.ca/publication/ox…  #RefugeeRights #MigrantRights #FeministScorecard2024 #cdnpoli

Canada's record at protecting Migrant and Refugee Rights gets a big RED X in Oxfam Canada Feminist Scorecard 2024. Very little progress and much need for improvement! #RefugeeRights #cdnpoli 🌍
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Canadian Council for Refugees calls on federal government to create national plan for asylum seekers.
CCR’s Co-Executive Director Gauri Sreenivasan on All in a Day You can listen to the interview here
➡️cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #cdnpoli

It is long past time to put in place a comprehensive, co-ordinated, cost-effective system that treats refugee claimants with dignity and fairness. Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ CCR is ready to work with you. We look forward to a positive response in the federal budget .
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Honoured to help launch CCR’s call for a national plan to ensure Asylum with Dignity
On #RefugeeRightsDay Canadian Council for Refugees
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🧵Today is National Refugee Rights Day!
We are calling on the government to address critical gaps in the reception and support of refugee claimants arriving at our borders by establishing a national system that builds on the success of the one that serves resettled refugees.

Deporting Deborah’s family just doesn’t make sense. Her beautiful family is Canadian in all but name, fully embraced and loved by our community. Her two younger kids are born here and know no other home than Montreal cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Good job and thank you Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ. The cap was punitive, discriminatory and heartbreaking. Now to fix the rest of the special Gaza visa program, while maintaining pressure for #CeasefieNow #canpoli

Pleases write to the PM to call for a broad and comprehensive regularization program. Time to provide #StatusForAll now! actionnetwork.org/letters/provid…

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Toronto this Saturday, united in the #MigrantSpring March. Once more, we demanded Permanent Resident #StatusForAll migrants, and we asked the federal government to keep its promise to bring regularization to the cabinet in the spring.

This is good news. Now to ensure supports are in place for arriving im/migrants: cbc.ca/news/canada/su…

CCR welcomes immigration measures for those affected by the crisis in Sudan, but there are major shortcomings in Canada's response and the inequities are stark.
See our response here: tinyurl.com/3d3d2n2f #cdnpoli

Refugee claimants: time for a national plan. Thank you Allan from Matthew House Ottawa and Louisa Taylor

The breathless rush to suspend UNRWA funding the very day of ICJ ruling was abominable. Then as we learned that states haven't seen Israel's intelligence, and now this US assessment of 'low confidence' in that intelligence at best, it's an utter disgrace. theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Deeply troubling: federal govt rejects widely supported call for open work permits for migrant workers.

Read our reaction here: tinyurl.com/8jxsr57x

#openworkpermitNOW #migrantjustice #Status4All #cdnpoli

I paid tribute to K'naan Warsame for being a fierce advocate for #refugees + for winning a #Grammy for his song 'Refugee'. Through 🎵, he brings hope, joy, justice + a sense of community to the displaced of the world⬇️ ow.ly/v0uv50QARRz #cdnpoli #SenCA UNHCR Canada 🇨🇦 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

Profondément troublant : le gouvernement fédéral rejette l'appel largement soutenu en faveur de l'ouverture des permis de travail pour les travailleurs migrants.

Lire notre réaction ici : tinyurl.com/37bn5xny

#polcan #DroitsHumains #travailleuses #travailleurs #migrants

Wonderful news. Thank you Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ This is a great way to welcome refugees fleeing danger.

CCR shares Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ’s concerns about Palestinians being prevented from fleeing to safety. We note however major shortcomings and inequities in Canada’s response.

Read our letter to him here: tinyurl.com/56u2cdmd

#cdnpoli #HumanRights

So important for political leaders past and present to step up at a time when we are seeing such a betrayal of rights from the Alberta government. Thank you Naheed Nenshi.