Rabbis call for end to Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
Thirty-three Canadian rabbis issued a public statement on July 11 calling on the federal government to suspend the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.
Jewish and church groups sponsor Eritrean refugee from Israel
CHAI Canadians Helping Asylum Seekers in Israel is working with an Anglican church in Thornhill, Ont., and AURA, which represents the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, to bring Amar, a 21-year-old Eritrean man, to Canada from Israel.
Canada to continue accepting Africans from Israel, despite Netanyahu’s flip-flop
The fate of African asylum seekers living in Israel remains unclear after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked on a plan to relocate many of them to Western countries, but Canada has a separate agreement with Israel, under which it will accept African refugees.
Israel is seeking ‘proper balance’ on the migrant issue
Israel will continue to seek the proper balance between protecting the human rights of migrants and the government’s primary obligation of protecting the welfare of Israeli citizens.
Jewish community members discuss plight of asylum seekers in Israel
Around 150 people packed Holy Blossom Temple’s social hall in Toronto for a discussion of the Canadian Jewish community’s response to the tens of thousands of African asylum seekers living in Israel.
Irwin Cotler urges Israel to reverse its policy on African migrants
Israel should halt its plan to deport or imprison thousands of African migrants who are currently living in the country, says human rights activist and former justice minister Irwin Cotler.
Protests held around the world against Israel’s policy on asylum seekers
Protesters in Toronto attempted to engage passersby in conversation about the fate that awaits 38,000 African asylum seekers in Israel, whom the government is pushing to leave the country.
Canadian Jewish groups urge action on asylum seekers in Israel
Canadian Jewish organizations would like to see this country take in more African asylum seekers from Israel.
Q&A Tamara Newman: Looking out for Israel’s asylum seekers
The director of international relations for The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Tel Aviv talks about the plight of the 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel.
Lessons from Begin: Is rescue no longer a Jewish imperative?
For Begin, rescue was a Jewish imperative. In 1955, when the government debated excluding elderly and ill Moroccan Jews from aliyah because of financial hardships facing the young country, he delivered a stinging rebuke.
