Tag Archives: refugees

Refugee Rights Day

What is Refugee Rights Day in Canada? On April, 4, 1985, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the rights of refugee claimants in Canada to life, liberty and security of the … Read more

The SalvationArmy.ca Podcast #010

According to the United Nations, there are about nine millions refugees in the world. Only about a dozen countries offer permanent refugee re-settlement, and Canada is one of them. The Salvation Army is deeply involved in refugee issues, both overseas … Read more

One refugee story…

It was an evening like any other. The young man, still a teenager, went to a nearby village to visit a friend. Then everything in his world changed. Word came that soldiers entered his village, raped the young women, killed … Read more