Rights groups say new law restricting asylum will put thousands ‘at risk of persecution, violence and precarity’.

Canadian Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, received royal assent on Thursday. Following its passing, 28 domestic and international refugee and migrant rights ...

Immigration and borders legislation known as Bill C-12 has received royal assent. It will mean thousands of asylum seekers ...

Applications from American citizens registering for refugee status in Canada have spiked since Donald Trump’s return to office, with more filed in the first half of 2025 than in all of last year. Data ...

In a time of rising anti-immigrant sentiment and divisive rhetoric among some leaders, today, the Canadian Council for Refugees along with unions, NGOs and human rights organizations across Canada, ...

Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre told Joe Rogan that Canada brought in roughly a million people a year, causing a ...

OTTAWA, Canada, November 15 (UNHCR) - Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller learned about the challenges of integration in Canada during a meeting in an Ottawa reception centre with ...

GENEVA, Dec 11 (UNHCR) - The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed news of the arrival in Canada last night of the first group of Syrian refugees under a recently announced humanitarian programme. The ...