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March 14, 2025
Chimo Community Services offers the BC SAF HAVEN program, which provides comprehensive support for refugee claimants and vulnerable newcomers. The program helps individuals navigate their initial […]
March 11, 2025
Options Community Services provides a list of upcoming events related to the BC Safe Haven Program. This program offers critical services and support for vulnerable newcomers […]
March 10, 2025
Impact North Shore’s BC Safe Haven program is designed to assist newcomers navigating the complexities of the refugee claim process. Through partnerships with organizations like Legal […]
February 25, 2025
The BC Refugee Hub hosted a webinar on March 11, 2025 to support organizations working with refugee claimants. This webinar reviewed the refugee claim process, including […]
January 28, 2025
The team at Kinbrace is pleased to officially announce that the https://myrefugeeclaim.ca/ website, along with the Orientation Booklet resource, is now available in 11 additional languages: […]
December 30, 2024
This BC Refugee Hub resource is designed for frontline workers to better understand the refugee claim process and effectively support their clients throughout the journey. The […]
November 21, 2024
Are you a refugee claimant or asylum seeker living in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, or Ridge Meadows? Take part in a free in-person Courthouse Orientation […]
February 6, 2023
This webinar series is hosted by the BC Refugee Hub in partnership with AMSSA’s BC Refugee Resource Network. Human Trafficking and Exploitation – What Newcomers Need […]
October 24, 2022
My Refugee Claim is designed to inform, connect, and prepare each refugee claimant throughout their refugee claim journey. The printable Orientation Booklet is a navigation tool, […]
May 16, 2022
(Original Post Date: Aug 30, 2021 | Last Updated: May 16, 2022) The following info-page is curated by the BC Refugee Hub with the most […]
February 7, 2022
In April 2019, with funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), four organizations from the anti-violence and settlement sectors, partnered to begin collaborative work on […]
October 25, 2021
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Refugee Protection Portal (CRPP). Beginning October 6, 2021, persons in Canada […]
August 6, 2021
Created by Ottawa-based Capital Rainbow Refuge, the Queer Refugee Hearings Program (QRHP) Toolkit aims to “assist individuals claiming refugee protection based on sexual orientation, gender identity […]
December 10, 2020
On December 10, 2020 the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) released a practice notice on “RPD and RAD processing for individuals applying under government of Canada […]
November 19, 2020
This BC Refugee Hub Training Webinar, delivered on November 17, 2020, covers national and local updates on refugee / asylum claim due to COVID-19, from UNHCR Canada […]
November 18, 2020
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has published a review of the way it is implementing Chairperson’s Guideline 9: Proceedings Before the IRB Involving Sexual Orientation and […]
November 12, 2020
Navigating the refugee claim process can be complex, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information and resources at the READY for My Refugee Hearing website will […]
October 8, 2020
Temporary replacement of a lost/stolen Refugee Protection Claimant Document People in Canada whose Refugee Protection Claimant Document (RPCD) have been lost or stolen may request a […]
October 7, 2020
News release October 2, 2020—Ottawa—Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco E. L. Mendicino, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair and Health Minister Patty Hajdu […]
October 2, 2020
The following information is provided by The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR): Pandemic Health Care Workers Practical Information On 14 August 2020, the federal government announced […]