immigration

The Trump administration has endorsed a plan to slash immigration in half, limit the entry of non-English speakers, curb family sponsorships and penalize migrants whose spouses are less skilled.

About a year after Yi Jiang and her family moved to Ottawa from China, they found themselves sharing a two−bedroom apartment with her parents.

Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says an overloaded immigration lottery system is better than the policies that it replaced.

As the Metropolis World Congress opens, mayors of Montreal, Berlin and Buenos Aires are advocating more cooperation and leadership from cities to integrate immigrants.

Members of the 'Five Eyes' intelligence-sharing alliance will automatically provide data to one another that critics say could threaten refugees and others.

Canada's immigration regime allows indefinite and arbitrary detention that can cause severe psychological distress and is therefore unconstitutional, Federal Court heard on May 15, 2017.

A hundred years ago, both my parents' families escaped certain death. That makes me the son of holocaust survivors, writes Canadian singer Raffi Cavoukian.

After nearly four decades in the workforce, 64-year-old Louise Plouffe is looking ahead to retirement. But Tristan Plummer, 23, is looking for work.

The two Tory MPs may be seat mates in the back row of the House of Commons these days, but their campaigns to take over the permanent leadership of the party couldn’t be much farther apart.

"When newcomers cannot succeed...it's also a great loss to our country because we need their contributions," Minister Hussen said.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz on March 28, 2017 makes a case for a policy mix frequently promoted by the federal government, an openness to more foreign investment, immigration and free trade.

In Buffalo, N.Y., a client is currently living in a shelter, desperately awaiting news about how she might be reunited with her three young children, all under the age of 10.

As their home becomes known as a back door into Canada for refugee claimants, residents of Hemmingford, Quebec are relaxed and wanting to help.

For the moment it appears Canadian citizens or permanent residents will be treated as they always have been.

Bundled against bone-chilling cold, asylum-seekers hoping to gain refugee status in Canada have been trudging through ditches and fields along the border with the United States.