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Join us on Tuesday April 7 for two Refugee Rights Day related events!
✅ 12:00PM - ‘Better Together: Resistance, Solidarity & Refugee Rights’ – A panel discussion including the voices of refugees and prominent activists in the fight for refugee rights.
ℹ️ https://www.fcjrefugeecentre.org/events/panel-discussion-better-together-resistance-solidarity-refugee-rights/
✅ 3:00PM - ‘Together We Thrive: Refugee Rights Day Networking & Celebration’ – An afternoon and evening of connection and celebration in recognition of Refugee Rights Day.
ℹ️ https://www.fcjrefugeecentre.org/events/refugee-rights-day-networking-celebration/
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Let’s take this opportunity to bring attention to the advances made in the protection of refugee rights as a result of that decision, but also to reflect upon the state of refugee rights in Canada, in a time of rising anti-immigrant sentiment, divisive rhetoric among some leaders, and setbacks like the cuts to refugee health care and the new Bill C-12 legislation, that threaten refugee protections and supports. We’re better together.
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Today is Refugee Rights Day in Canada, celebrated each year on April 4th, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1985 ruling that stated that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the fundamental rights of refugees, guaranteeing them the right to an oral hearing.
#RefugeeRightsDay #BetterTogetherCanada #SupportRefugees #Canada #refugees
Join Migrant Rights Network, Canadian Council for Refugees, and Canadian Refugee Health Network to say #NoCutsToCare for refugee health services. On May 1, 2026, the Liberal government will introduce harmful and unaffordable co-payments for healthcare for refugees.
📞 Join the Phone zap & Webinar: Mon, Mar 30 at 7pm ET and/or Wed, Apr 1 at 12 pm ET:
https://migrantrights.ca/events/ifhpphonezap/
👉 Sign the Migrant Rights Network Petition:
https://migrantrights.ca/actionslist/stopifhpcuts/
Healthcare providers, refugees and community members called today in Toronto on the Canadian federal government to reverse cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) refugee healthcare coverage.
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NO CUTS TO CARE. TAKE ACTION:
✅ Sign the Migrant Rights Network (MRN) Petition:
https://migrantrights.ca/actionslist/stopifhpcuts/
✅ Sign the Canadian Medical Association Petition:
https://www.cma.ca/get-involved/health-advocacy#campaign
✅ Sign the Canadian Pediatrics Society Petition:
https://cps.ca/en/advocacy-defense/speak-out-protecting-ifhp-benefits
✅ Call/meet your MP: See resource document with talking points, evidence and slide deck explainer on the IFHP cuts & consequences
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»» These cuts take effect May 1, 2026, and will immediately harm refugees, who are already struggling to meet basic needs, like food and housing. These co-payments function as a denial of care - refugees’ health will worsen, more individuals will unnecessarily end up in already strained emergency departments and hospitals, and health care costs will rise. Financially, the co-payment plan will cost Canada more, not less. »»
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Today, FCJ Refugee Centre joined healthcare providers, refugees and community members to call on the federal government to reverse cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) refugee healthcare coverage. The federal government has cut 15% of the refugee healthcare budget and is introducing unaffordable co-payments for essential healthcare, including medications, mental health counselling, physical therapy, and vision care. »»
Refugee claimants with young children in Quebec are eligible for the province's subsidized child-care system, the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month in a majority decision that focused on Charter equality rights. FCJ Refugee Centre intervened in the case, advocating for the right to access childcare and for a broader prohibition on discrimination based on a person’s immigration status.
Refugee claimants with young children in Quebec are eligible for the province's subsidized child-care system, the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month in a majority decision that focused on Charter equality rights. FCJ Refugee Centre intervened in the case, advocating for the right to access child