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Society Canada

8. April 2024

National Victory for Migrant and Refugee Rights

Newfoundland and Labrador becomes the tenth and last province in Canada committed to ending immigration detention in its local jails as the practice violates international human rights standards.

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Migrants protest outside US Supreme Court

Society USA

13. March 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Turns Out Refugees Are Good for the Economy

A newly released report shows an overwhelming positive fiscal impact from refugees and asylees living in the United States, generating more tax revenue than it costs for the government to resettle them across the country.

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Society Canada

12. November 2022

Our Doors Are Open for Immigrants!

Canada is looking to increase its admission of immigrants with a goal to welcome half a million people to its territory in 2025 alone, to overcome the labor shortage whilst ensuring the country’s economic prosperity.

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Society USA

28. August 2022

Good News: Asylum Seekers Will No Longer Be “Sent Back Home”

The United States has adopted a new migration policy that will no longer send back asylum seekers from South and Central America, ending the practice imposed by the previous government.

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Society Canada

17. August 2022

Come One, Come All: Here, Immigration Detention Is Over

After reviewing its immigration detention contract, British Columbia became the first Canadian province to stop detaining immigrants and asylum-seekers solely on immigration grounds, a historic move that may encourage other provinces to also put an end to the harmful practice.

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Society USA

12. August 2022

Regardless of Your Legal Status, You’ll Have Access to Food Here

Within its latest state budget, California is expanding its food assistance program to include undocumented residents who are 55 and older, becoming the first American state to help out low-income people, regardless of their immigration status, and funding will almost triple by 2026.

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Society USA

13. July 2022

Health Coverage Becomes More Inclusive Than Ever Here

California is widening its health care protection, covering hundreds of thousands of citizens, regardless of their immigration status, becoming the very first American state to reach such an inclusive and human agreement.

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Society Mexico

18. June 2022

No More (Not-So-Random) Legal Status Checks

Years of pressure from human rights groups paid off as Mexico’s immigration agents will no longer be allowed to ask for proof of legal status based on nonobjective criteria, in a historic human rights victory.

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Society Mexico

4. December 2020

Mexico Stops Locking up Refugee Kids

Mexico is changing its immigration law to finally prohibit holding migrant children in immigration centers, preventing them from immediate deportation and allowing them to explore possibilities of seeking protective status.

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Society Italy

12. October 2020

Italy’s Ministers Get Softer on Immigrants Again, Stop Fines for Rescue Ships

Italy's cabinet has abolished the anti-migrant decree voted in 2018, meaning that migrants and refugees who seek asylum can again apply for humanitarian protection or obtain a work permit.