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Although Canada is a top immigration destination, the unpredictable and shifting policy changes are disruptive to the lives of potential and current newcomers. (Unsplash)

Canadian immigration policy has become a moving target

Canada remains one of the world’s most desired migration destinations, but shifting policies have left would-be immigrants and residents facing uncertainty.
The war in Syria that began in 2011 sparked mass migration to neighbouring Turkey. In this photo, Syrians work in their bakery shop in Istanbul’s working-class district of Kucukcekmece on July 5, 2019. Bulent Kilic/AFP

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed

Research into these entrepreneurs may carry lessons for societies and governments around the world.
Too often, we have treated settlement and the arts as separate and incompatible worlds, assuming newcomers need a list of other priorities first. (Unsplash)

How the arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada

Historically, we’ve understood immigration settlement as something that happens after a hierarchy of needs are met - new research suggests this logic is flawed.
A migrant looks out the window on a bus on her way north to Nicaragua and the Mexico-U.S. border, in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica, in 2023. Grassroots organizations that help migrants in countries in Costa Rica have been significantly affected by American cuts to humanitarian aid in 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

How international aid cuts are eroding refugee protections in the Global South

In light of the U.S. retreat from humanitarian leadership, countries like Canada must assume a more prominent role in sustaining global protection systems.
Members of the Afghanistan community and their supporters take part in a demonstration calling for an ‘open door’ policy for Afghanistan refugees on Aug. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief

Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.

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