Seven months ago Iryna Kolosovska moved to Canada from #Ukraine after leaving her family behind. Now she works as a Support Care Assistant at Bradford Valley Care Community, a long term home in East Gwillimbury. midlandtoday.ca/local-news/ukr…

Abdirahman Mohamed Jama, head of Albaseera Mosque in Bristol works with refugees who immigrate to the UK - many ##refugees endure trauma on their journeys and don't receive help until its too late. Jama calls for extra support for new refugees bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

5 years in the making; Hassan Al Kontar received his Canadian citizenship though he already considered himself Canadian starting day 1 bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Over 110 #Rohingya refugees have been sentenced to jail for escaping #Myanmar #refugee camps - children have been sent to "training camps." theguardian.com/world/2023/jan…

Tetiana Kitsynenko, a Ukrainian #refugee joined the #Ottawa Mission Food Services Training Program as a new career path - the program equips people with skills needed to work in a commercial kitchen ottawa.citynews.ca/helpers/chef-t…

MacLeod Group health services, a company from Nova Scotia hires around 50 healthcare workers from #Kenya - workers will be provided with housing prior to arrival cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Private #refugee #sponsors are waiting to bring #Afghan refugees to #Canada - however there is a cap on how many refugees can be resettled through this process cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

AURA is launching a new platform called "Sponsorship Training & Education Platform for Sponsors" (STEPS). We are looking for sponsors to test the platform and for past sponsors to share their experiences. ✉️[email protected] if you are interested!

Andriy Maslov, a 44 year old Ukrainian #refugee gets to live out his dreams by playing hockey with local Ottawa hocket team ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ukrainian-refu…

Many sponsorship agreement holders (#SAH) are facing cumbersome paperwork & audits making it difficult for them to bring sponsored #refugees to #Canada - several SAHs rely heavily on volunteers and cannot afford these administrative costs thestar.com/news/canada/20…

Gulalai Mohammadi, #Afghanistan's youngest MP fears for her life after her friend and former Afghan MP was killed in #Kabul - Both women are ex-lawmakers hoping to come to Canada since last fall cbc.ca/news/politics/…

A group of #refugees arrived from #Africa to Nova Scotia to work as continuing care assistants (CCAs) under the federal Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot program. Mohamed Hussein is one of them who completed his medical training in Kenya cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

#Syrian refugee Rafat and his family left Syria to escape the war. Now he runs the largest international market in #Halifax called "Syriana Market." atlantic.ctvnews.ca/meet-the-syria…

80% of learners in #Quebec's french welcome classes are children of asylum seekers globalnews.ca/news/9445687/q…

The United States is introducing their private sponsorship program - very similar to the Canadian program where at least five U.S.-based individuals could have the opportunity to sponsor refugees if they raise $2,275 per refugee cbsnews.com/news/refugee-s…

Shebulike, a #refugee from #Congo fled the region after seeing the violence around him - he has since settled in #Burundi. After scraping together his savings, he was able to buy the ingredients to make bread for other refugees# unhcr.org/news/stories/2…

On Feb 6th, 2 powerful #earthquakes struck #Turkey/#Syria killing thousands of people. Many homes and important buildings have been destroyed - and now even more people are displaced in this region. unhcr.org/news/latest/20…

David Tran, a #Vietnamese #refugee who fled 45yrs ago to the United States is the owner of the billion dollar Huy Fong Foods company best known for their famous sriracha sauce forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

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