Tag: refugee

Mother of Blind Son Has Refugee Claim Unjustly Denied

• August 22, 2019 - 4:06 pm
• CBC News, MSK In Media
• By migration_law

Mother of blind son faces deportation as government denies her refugee claim. Sylvia Williams says she has no home, job or family back in Barbados. A woman and her adult son with a disability could be separated for the first time in their lives because the federal government accepted his refugee claim and denied hers. Sylvia

Improvements to Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Program

• August 22, 2018 - 12:52 pm
• Canadian Immigration Blog
• By Guidy Mamann

On August 20, 2018 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that it would increase the 2018 cap for parents and grandparents from 5,000 to 17,000 applications for the 2018 calendar year. A second round of invitations was sent out on July 31, 2018 to give effect to this increase. Those who have received an

Canadian acceptance of “asylum seekers” reaches concerning level

• February 20, 2018 - 3:00 pm
• Guidy Mamann in Media, MSK In Media
• By Guidy Mamann

Refugee Appeal Division X (Re), 2014 CanLII 95944 (CA IRB)

• December 6, 2017 - 4:02 pm
• Cases, Jennifer Luu Cases
• By Guidy Mamann

Case highlights gaps for immigrant lawyers

• November 3, 2017 - 8:15 pm
• Joel Sandaluk, MSK In Media
• By Guidy Mamann

Woman arrested for allegedly defrauding would-be Canadian immigrants

• November 3, 2017 - 6:22 pm
• Joel Sandaluk, MSK In Media
• By Guidy Mamann

Why I practice immigration and refugee law.

• February 2, 2017 - 7:18 pm
• Canadian Immigration Blog
• By Guidy Mamann