February 10, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It was a long, long wait.
Refugee family reunited after 9 years in limbo
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Refugees out-earn millionaire ‘business-class’ immigrants years after arriving in Canada
January 22, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Much of Canada’s conversation around refugees — whom do we take, when and how many? — has focused on the assumed cost of the initiative.
No, Canada doesn’t spend more on refugees than on retirees
November 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Maybe you’ve seen it. Maybe your uncle forwarded it to you or someone you know posted it on Facebook.
The meme, infographic, status update, chain email you received is false. It was debunked years ago but continues to be circulated.
Canada’s scrambling to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees but restoring health care could take ‘months’
November 12, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Thursday morning Meb Rashid saw a woman severely traumatized after years of an abusive relationship.
Before that, an HIV/AIDS patient with dangerously low CD4 count; a pregnant victim of sexual violence.
They all needed treatment. None had coverage.
‘Life has no taste now’: Refugees’ torturous wait for family a world away
September 11, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
On bad days Lina Sallat wishes she’d never left – never fled Syria as the country tore itself to shreds; never sought safety with her toddler on the other side of the world, leaving her husband and oldest son behind.
Tory policy discriminates against refugee applicants from so-called ‘safe’ countries, court finds
July 23, 2013 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The federal government’s refugee policy is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights of refugee applicants from certain countries, a federal court ruled Thursday.
Refugee health cuts: Even those who qualify get turned away
July 8, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The refugee health care system has become so confusing that doctors are turning patients away even if they’re covered, evidence shows.
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