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Calls for change at refugee board after woman asked why husband didn’t ‘just kill’ her

Calls for change at refugee board after woman asked why husband didn’t ‘just kill’ her Global News

Refugee judge asks woman why her husband wouldn’t ‘just kill’ her

A Global News investigative report about Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board failing to apply its internal guidelines for vulnerable claimants. https://globalnews.ca/news/6214393/refugee-judge-asks-woman-why-husband-wouldnt-kill-her/ Several CRS affiliated researchers contributed to the story, including Sharry Aiken, who persuasively argues that the problem is not with the guidelines themselves but with oversight for individual decision-makers, and Hilary Evans Cameron whose […]

Technology connects Somali refugee with Canada’s 91��ɫ

A feature story the UNHCR did on one of the BHER project's students: https://www.unhcr.ca/news/technology-connects-somali-refugee-with-canadas-york-university/ His story is also highlighted in the third chapter of the new UNHCR education report https://www.unhcr.org/steppingup/  

Cascading toward “De-Solidarity”? The Unfolding of Global Refugee Protection

Obiora Chinedu Okafor, CRS Scholar and UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, reflects on the international commitment to protecting refugees https://twailr.com/cascading-toward-de-solidarity-the-unfolding-of-global-refugee-protection

Record-number of Canada-bound visitors barred from flights on advice of Canada border agents

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/07/17/record-number-of-canada-bound-visitors-barred-from-flights-on-advice-of-canada-border-agents.html  

Zolberg Podcast: Tempest Tossed, with Sean Rehaag

Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility Public Seminar Tempest Tossed Is the US a 'safe country' for asylum-seekers?: A conversation with Professor Sean Rehaag on new challenges to the US-Canada http://www.publicseminar.org/2018/10/tempest-tossed-3-4/

Borderlines Podcast: How Much Does Immigrating Matter on Which Officer or Judge You Get? with Sean Rehaag

Sean Rehaag is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. His academic research focuses on empirical studies of immigration and refugee law decision-making processes. Sean, Deanna, Peter and Steven discuss his quantitative research which has used large data-sets to study extra-legal factors that influence outcomes in Canadian refugee adjudication. Does immigrating to Canada, getting […]

Canada’s refugee claim acceptance rate falls amid record backlog of asylum seekers

Incoming CRS Director Sean Rehaag compiled the annual asylum report based on raw data from the Immigration and Refugee Board: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/19/canadas-refugee-acceptance-rate-falls-amid-record-backlog-of-asylum-claims.html

91��ɫ hosts Borderless Higher Education for Refugees authors’ workshop

https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2019/06/18/york-university-hosts-borderless-higher-education-for-refugees-authors-workshop/

Sixth annual student-led Refugee Awareness Week runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 at the Keele Campus

This year marks the sixth year that the student-led Refugee Awareness Week at 91��ɫ’s Keele Campus will take place. Refugee Awareness Week will take place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 and will feature keynote talks, a film screening and refugee advocacy training with leading experts in refugee and human rights. The coalition of participating […]