Canadian Council for Refugees @ccrweb
CCR is committed to protecting the rights of newcomers here & worldwide | Le CCR s'engage à défendre les droits des nouveaux arrivant-e-s ici et dans le monde ccrweb.ca Canada Joined August 2009-
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🎤New podcast episode! Our Youth Network, in collaboration with Mary Ward Centre, Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto and the CCR Youth Network, is immersed in a project to delve deeper into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Listen here! 👇 fcjrefugeecentre.org/podcast/episod…
🧵Budget 2024 makes critical new investments in so many of the right areas to ensure 🇨🇦 builds an asylum system with dignity: longer-term investments in housing, legal aid, refugee claim processing & determination. 👏🏽👏🏽@MarcMillerVM & colleagues. Our 👀 r on the deets! @ccrweb
Canada's record at protecting Migrant and Refugee Rights gets a big RED X in @OxfamCanada Feminist Scorecard 2024. Very little progress and much need for improvement! #RefugeeRights #cdnpoli 🌍 issuu.com/oxfamca/docs/f…
Our friends at @ccrweb are asking you to write your MP and call on the government to establish a national support system for refugee claimants. Writing your letter with their template takes less than 2 minutes. Click the link below: r613.info/RRD24
Encouraging the federal government to live up to our humanitarian impulses and obligations. A broad and fair regularization program is urgently needed. oca.si/CXWbEq @ocasi_comms @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM @ccrweb @MigrantRightsCA
We stand in support of @ccrweb's proposal for a national asylum plan, including the establishment of reception centers in major cities to streamline the asylum process and ensure dignity and fairness for refugee claimants thestar.com/news/canada/is…
Busy week ahead - CCR is challenging cessation in the courts ⚖️! The proceedings before the court are open to the public, so if you're in Toronto on Monday, come and hear the arguments to show your support - more info ⤵️
“Canadians are expecting a plan, not stopgap measures, and it is long past time to put in place a comprehensive, coordinated, cost-effective system that treats refugee claimants with dignity and fairness” CCR’s @GauriSreenivas1 in @TorontoStar @nkeung➡️tinyurl.com/2dm8xus7
Canadian Council for Refugees calls on federal government to create national plan for asylum seekers. CCR’s Co-Executive Director @GauriSreenivas1 on @cbcallinaday You can listen to the interview here ➡️cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… #cdnpoli
Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes (TCRI) rappellent que les droits des personnes réfugiées sont protégés par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés➡️tcri.qc.ca/2024/04/4163/ #polcan
📢Agissez dès aujourd'hui ! 📧Écrivez @MarcMillerVM à votre député-e pour demander un système national d’asile pour assurer la dignité des demandeurs d'asile. Écrivez-en une ici➡️tinyurl.com/mv4m5ftn #polcan
It is long past time to put in place a comprehensive, co-ordinated, cost-effective system that treats refugee claimants with dignity and fairness. @MarcMillerVM CCR is ready to work with you. We look forward to a positive response in the federal budget . thestar.com/news/canada/is…
Advocates say there are cost-efficient ways to accommodate #Canada's surging #AsylumSeekers with a better coordinated national plan to triage and support #refugee claimants than paying private hotels to #house them. Here's their five-point plan: @ccrweb thestar.com/news/canada/is…
REFUGEE RIGHTS DAY Advocates Urge National Plan to Better Protect Refugee Claimants They called on the federal government to create a national plan that addresses the growing number of refugee claimants and ensures the right to asylum.👇 fcjrefugeecentre.org/2024/04/asylum…
Toronto Refugee Rights Day 2024 Committee invites you to the film screening: L’Audience/The Hearing. Follow a refugee family’s asylum hearing before Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board. Learn more and secure your free ticket: zurl.co/fChE @The519 #refugeerightsday
Refugee Rights Day film screening in Toronto, April 4 - 6-8:30 pm: 'THE HEARING'. Panel discussion moderated by Debbie Douglas @OCASI_Policy Register for your free ticket 👉 bit.ly/3TUEKOe Iftar, refreshments, community and good vibes! @ccrweb @CARLadvocates @CRSYorkU
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/2 Several elements need more detail before we can see if they will be positive or negative. We support changes to IRPA to streamline processing that serve fairness and justice and centre the claimant experience. We r looking to be consulted and will oppose bad amendments.
/4 and seriously- time to end harmful and false narratives that refugees and newcomers strain the housing crisis. Vulnerable migrants EXPERIENCE these crises they do not cause them. Time to get to work on housing & social policy; look forward to see how new $ can be deployed.
/3 We’ve just successfully ended the role of provincial jails in detention. This is not the time to start at the federal level. High- needs is too often equated with high-risk . We need far more attention to alternatives to detention.
🧵Budget 2024 makes critical new investments in so many of the right areas to ensure 🇨🇦 builds an asylum system with dignity: longer-term investments in housing, legal aid, refugee claim processing & determination. 👏🏽👏🏽@MarcMillerVM & colleagues. Our 👀 r on the deets! @ccrweb
Canada's record at protecting Migrant and Refugee Rights gets a big RED X in @OxfamCanada Feminist Scorecard 2024. Very little progress and much need for improvement! #RefugeeRights #cdnpoli 🌍 issuu.com/oxfamca/docs/f…
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Encouraging the federal government to live up to our humanitarian impulses and obligations. A broad and fair regularization program is urgently needed. oca.si/CXWbEq @ocasi_comms @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM @ccrweb @MigrantRightsCA
Our friends at @ccrweb are asking you to write your MP and call on the government to establish a national support system for refugee claimants. Writing your letter with their template takes less than 2 minutes. Click the link below: r613.info/RRD24
We stand in support of @ccrweb's proposal for a national asylum plan, including the establishment of reception centers in major cities to streamline the asylum process and ensure dignity and fairness for refugee claimants thestar.com/news/canada/is…
We will be there on Monday showing support. Please share widely!
Busy week ahead - CCR is challenging cessation in the courts ⚖️! The proceedings before the court are open to the public, so if you're in Toronto on Monday, come and hear the arguments to show your support - more info ⤵️
Great to see the @ccrweb challenging this cruel policy
Busy week ahead - CCR is challenging cessation in the courts ⚖️! The proceedings before the court are open to the public, so if you're in Toronto on Monday, come and hear the arguments to show your support - more info ⤵️
@ccrweb @MarcMillerVM Done. Thank you @ccrweb for leading this call for a national plan to ensure wellbeing, rights and protections for refugee claimants
Honoured to help launch CCR’s call for a national plan to ensure Asylum with Dignity On #RefugeeRightsDay @ccrweb ccrweb.ca/en/national-pl…
It is long past time to put in place a comprehensive, co-ordinated, cost-effective system that treats refugee claimants with dignity and fairness. @MarcMillerVM CCR is ready to work with you. We look forward to a positive response in the federal budget . thestar.com/news/canada/is…
Advocates say there are cost-efficient ways to accommodate #Canada's surging #AsylumSeekers with a better coordinated national plan to triage and support #refugee claimants than paying private hotels to #house them. Here's their five-point plan: @ccrweb thestar.com/news/canada/is…
Refugee Rights Day commemorates the 1985 Singh decision which confirmed that refugees are protected by our charter of rights and freedoms. As many look to Canada for refuge we must ensure fairness and equity in our public policies. bit.ly/4cH2fBY
This #RefugeeRightsDay in Canada, we are celebrating a historic victory for asylum seekers and migrants: Every Canadian province has now agreed to stop using their jails for immigration detention 🙌
REFUGEE RIGHTS DAY Mayor Olivia Chow proclaim April 2024 as 'Refugee Rights Awareness Month' in the City of Toronto. Read more 👇 fcjrefugeecentre.org/2024/04/mayor-…
REFUGEE RIGHTS DAY 1/2 Some pictures of the exhibition in the Toronto City Hall Rotunda, showcasing artwork and stories from undocumented residents in Toronto sharing their experiences, as well as information about Refugee Rights Day. (Photos by @TONewcomer).