by Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexNeveAmnesty CANADA: WELCOME SYRIAN REFUGEES Canada’s commitment to resettling refugees has been modest and processing rates painfully slow. Remind […]

By Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty Canada’s Refugee Coordinator. , The recent announcement to bring 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Canada by September 2016 has the appearance of being a step […]

Amnesty International Canada says the Canadian government must change course after a disappointing first 100 days of Parliament.

For over a year, a coalition of organizations has been standing in solidarity with Palestinian Canadians calling for urgent reform of the Gaza Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) Special Measures for […]

In June 2025, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-2, a harmful new law that puts the rights and safety of people seeking asylum at risk. If passed, Bill C-2 would […]

Amnesty International Canada says Bill C-2, the federal government’s new border bill, is an attack on refugees’ right to seek asylum.

Canada must exit the Safe Third Country Agreement because of the dire situation for migrants and refugees in the U.S. under President Trump.

More than 40 civil-society organizations are calling for urgent changes to the Temporary Residence Visa for Gazans with family in Canada.

Amnesty International urgently calls on Canada to reinstate its approval of Arwa Almsrawi, a trans woman from Syria, to settle in Canada.

Canada incarcerates thousands of people on administrative immigration-related grounds every year, including people who are fleeing persecution, those seeking employment and a better life, and people who have lived in […]

THE GLOBAL RECESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Our 2023 Human Rights Agenda looks back at Canada’s human rights record over the past year against the backdrop of a global recession on […]

On January 25, 2024, at 7:30 ET, join us for a discussion on the #WelcomeToCanada campaign to end immigration detention. In this interactive gathering, Amnesty staff and activists will share […]