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October 2, 2021

Immigrant centre aids 200 Afghan refugees

Afghan refugees are processed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany Sept. 8. Canada has already taken in a number of the 20,000 refugees the federal government pledged to resettle.

Resettlement agencies are working to find ways to meet the holistic needs of the growing number of Afghan refugees arriving in Canada.

Published in Canada
September 2, 2021

Catholic agencies ready for Afghan refugee influx

People try to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 to flee the Taliban.

Canada’s commitment to take in 20,000 new Afghan refugees looks pretty generous compared to Great Britain’s (population 66 million) pledge to take in 20,000 over five years or the United States’ (population 328 million) promise to welcome 30,000. But what happens to them once they get here?

Published in Canada
July 22, 2016

Wurzburg church leaders warn against generalizing after ax attack

German emergency services workers are seen July 19 in the area where a man with an ax attacked passengers on a train near the city of Wurzburg, Germany. After the attack, German church representatives urged public opinion not to turn against Muslim refugees and asylum-seekers.

OXFORD, England – German church representatives urged people not to turn against Muslim refugees and asylum-seekers, after police killed an Afghan refugee who had attacked people on a train.

Published in International