A poison pen letter has been circulating through e-mail and social media for several years now, which falsely claims that refugees receive significantly more income assistance than Canadian pensioners.  […]

, Take the Refugees Welcome Here Pledge!  , ,   ,   , Refugee protection is enjoying a renaissance in Canada, with the generous response of people across the country […]

“You have to understand that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land,” writes Warsan Shire, a Somali-British poet.  On Friday, March […]

“Mohammad” arrived at the Canada-US at Fort Erie in early January.  He is a 16 year old boy from Syria who came to Canada looking for protection.  It is reported […]

By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeveAmnesty There has been considerable debate recently about the revelations that Ottawa’s Algonquin College (as well as […]

Photo: Once consultations are complete, the inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls should get underway. Meanwhile widely supported recommendations to help address this crisis can be implemented, such […]

Opening our arms to refugees   By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada My heart burst when I saw the picture of the drowned body of 3 year old Alan Kurdi in his […]

Opening our arms to refugees  ,   , By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada , , My heart burst when I saw the picture of the drowned body of 3 […]

These four Kurdish Syrian family members are traveling on foot. This group of brothers and a slightly older uncle left the town of Amuda located in the Kurdish region of Syria 10 […]

These four Kurdish Syrian family members are traveling on foot. This group of brothers and a slightly older uncle left the town of Amuda located in the Kurdish region of Syria 10 […]

By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada    Late Friday bombs exploded in Paris. People out for an evening of friendship and entertainment were gunned down without warning. Horror, […]

By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee Campaigner for Amnesty International Canada  ,   , Late Friday bombs exploded in Paris. People out for an evening of friendship and entertainment were gunned down without […]