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A big thank you to everyone who joined and helped organize this afternoon’s panel discussion 'Better Together: Resistance, Solidarity & Refugee Rights,' held in the context of Refugee Rights Day.
#refugees #Canada #RefugeeRights #RefugeesWelcome #BetterTogetherCanada
🚨#Breaking: Taliban assassinates Afghan opposition commander Gen. Sareeq in Tehran. Iran’s silence raises alarm. #Afghanistan #Iran #RefugeeRights #TalibanTargets
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🚨#Breaking: Taliban assassinates Afghan opposition commander Gen. Sareeq in Tehran. Iran’s silence raises alarm. #Afghanistan #Iran #RefugeeRights #TalibanTargets
Afghan allies who aided U.S. forces face deportation as SIV and visa programs remain frozen. Lives hang in balance amid broken promises and Taliban threats. 🛂✈️🇦🇫
#AfghanRefugees #SIV #USImmigration #RefugeeRights #Taliban #HumanitarianCrisis
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Bill C-12 is the successor to Bill C-2, the so-called 'Strong Borders Act,' which was introduced in June by the federal government. Bill C-2 was rejected by over 300 organizations from across Canada, for whom this initiative posed a threat to human rights, refugee and migrant rights, and privacy of all residents of Canada.
Learn more about Bill C-12 and read the FCJ Refugee Centre's full brief here 👇
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FCJ Refugee Centre has submitted a brief to both the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), and the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM), at the House of Commons, recommending the withdrawn of Bill C-12 in its current form.