At this year’s Olympics, Team Canada is 371 athletes-strong, the country’s largest team to compete since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. And on their trips back home, the 2020 Tokyo cohort will increase by three. That’s because three middle-distance runners from the International Olympic Committee Refugee Team are coming to Canada. Paulo Amotun Lokoro, […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Very often, we have seen some horrible decisions rendered by some immigration officers, who did not use their discretion and expertise with a wide lens. Undocumented persons living in Canada without status, sometimes for several years, are desperate to regularise their status and are sometimes met with huge roadblocks. Those who file […]
People arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries have been labelled the Windrush generation. It refers to the ship MV Empire Windrush, which docked in Tilbury on 22 June 1948, bringing workers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands, to help fill post-war UK labour shortages. The ship carried 492 […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Under Canadian immigration law, a spouse of a Post Graduate Work Permit holder may apply for an open work permit with certain requirements to be met by that applicant. We will examine a case belonging to that category. The applicant, Sanjay – not his real name – is a citizen […]
Brazil can expect to see more migrants coming from Haiti, following the social and political turmoil caused by President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination on July 7, says Father Paolo Parise, a São Paulo-based expert on migration. Since 2010, when an earthquake devastated Haiti and killed more than 300,000 people, at least 130,000 migrants have left the […]
The borders of T&T are set to reopen on July 17. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley indicated last Saturday at the COVID-19 update at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s. Rowley said that the borders would be open to both vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens. The country would also allow entry to vaccinated non-nationals, but unvaccinated non-nationals […]
A series of multiple tests will greet unvaccinated guests who plan on boarding Royal Caribbean ships for their much-awaited getaway post-pandemic. This is what the major cruise line came up with as part of their efforts to strictly comply with the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control’s requirements in getting the cruise industry to sail […]
A 53-year-old woman from South America was recently allowed to remain in Canada. She was granted a Temporary Resident Permit and Work Permit while her application for permanent residence is processed, based on her past abuse from her Canadian Citizen spouse. Sometime in October 2017, “Mr. M.” sent Seeta (not her real name) a friend […]
Jamaica has recorded close to one million visitors since reopening the doors to its tourism sector in June 2020, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett revealed yesterday. According to the minister, a total of 816,632 tourists have visited the island since June 14, 2020, with 510,000, or 62 per cent, of those visitors arriving in Jamaica […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Nigerian mother and daughter finally granted refugee protection in Canada After several rejections and appeals, a Nigerian woman and her dependent daughter seeking refugee protection in Canada, were finally successful in their appeal before the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD). The mother (Principal Appellant) and her daughter are from a large city […]