Call for New Board Members – Join AURA Board
AURA Board Member – Job Description AURA – Anglican United Refugee Alliance is a Canadian charitable organization assisting in the…
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Canadian Anglicans push back against cuts to refugee sponsorship, foreign aid in announced federal budget
Reposted from The Anglican Journal When Mimi Merrill fled to Canada in 2003 as a student and refugee from the…
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Ottawa narrows the private path for settling refugees
Reposted from The Globe and Mail “Yes, Canada needs to get better control of its immigration system, but let’s not…
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AURA’s Statement on Pause of Groups of Five and Community Sponsorship Applications
On November 29, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced a 13-month pause on the intake of Groups of Five…
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Listen: What will Canada’s private sponsorship pause mean for refugees?
Listen to the segment from CBC’s The Current with Mark Gallaway on what the pause of Groups of Five and…
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Toronto Star: Canada sends clearest signal that our doors are closing
“The Canadian government’s recent announcement of a $250,000 global ad campaign warning migrants that seeking asylum here is “not easy,” coupled with…
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Sanctuary, support and a new life: Downtown East churches help refugees
“Syria, Iran, Cameroon, Eritrea and Afghanistan. These worlds and these people are prominent at the Cathedral Church of St. James…
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AURA continues to sponsor refugees
This article was originally published in The Anglican. “Fritznel Richard intended to be with his family in the United States…
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Georgian refugee family waiting to resettle in Canada told to stay in their current location: Ukraine
Ottawa opened doors to two adult children but left the parents and two younger children behind.
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Denied asylum in Israel, Eritreans are welcomed by Canadians
The Christian Science Monitor reported on a sponsorship of an Eritrean family stuck in Isreal, supported by AURA. Read the…
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