In the turmoil before Saigon’s fall, the visa office at our Commission in Hong Kong couldn’t reach sponsored Vietnamese refugees to process their applications. So, over 3500 letters like this one were sent to known addresses in the country up until April, 1979. The family actually named in this example were finally able to present themselves to the Canadian visa office in Saigon for processing in July, 1989.
the CIHS’s annual general meeting, held in October 2023, and this year’s Gunn Prize-winning essay by Alexandros Balasis.
An examination of how humanitarian aspects began to be considered in the refugee resettlement program, and a career overview of Jack Mitchinson, the CIHS’s oldest member at 98.
A first-hand account of the young Noorallah Jamal’s early integration experiences in British Columbia after fleeing Uganda in 1972
Marks the passing of John Baker, former immigration foreign service executive, program manager and mentor to many.
