Refugees

We present some general information on elements of Canada’s refugee policies and programs and specific refugee and refugee-like movements.
Note that a separate section covers the movement of the Indochinese refugees to Canada.

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40th Anniversary Lecture: Ugandan Asian Refugee Movement 1972

Canadian Immigration Historical Society President Mike Molloy lectured on the 1972 Ugandan Asian refugee movement at Ontario universities in Ontario in October, 2012 (Ottawa, Carleton, Windsor, Wester...
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Uganda Refugee Movement 40th Anniversary

Forty years ago this August the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced the expulsion of most of Uganda’s Asian population. Canada responded by sending a team to Kampala under the leadership of Roger St...
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CIHS-Pathways to Prosperity Partnership video project

CIHS and Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) have launched an on-line video interview series. They which provides an oral history of immigration related by insiders involved in the political and policy d...
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