We welcome anyone asking for advice, counsel and support regarding immigration issues. Learn also about the Canada’s Refugee Process and our Refugee Hearing and Appeal Preparation program.

Press Release
Ontario’s Human Trafficking Awareness Day – February 22nd 2019
A Human Rights Based Approach to End Human Trafficking – Conversation and Press Conference
Organized by the Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN)
10 AM to 12 PM
At The Mary Ward Centre: 70 St. Mary Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1J3
Multiple forms of domestic and international human trafficking exist in Ontario, including sex and labour trafficking. While anyone can be affected by human trafficking, poverty, gender inequality and hyper sexualisation of women and girls, racism, colonialism and precarious immigration status are root causes. These and other factors, create greater vulnerability to human trafficking across Ontario
To read the complete Press Release click here
Please RSVP here: https://humantraffickingawarenessday.eventbrite.ca/
If you have questions please contact:
Luis Mata, Anti-Human Trafficking coordinator at FCJ Refugee Centre
416-4699754 ext. 242
Support FCJ REfugee Centre
click here
BE PART OF FCJ REFUGEE CENTRE COMMUNITY
If you want to learn and support refugees and other precarious migrants, join our team of volunteers and make a difference.
Register for the session here and Send your resume and volunteer form to Carolina Teves at cteves@fcjrefugeecentre.org
Date: Thursday February 28th, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm
Address: 208 Oakwood Ave (FCJ Refugee Centre location)
The FCJ Refugee Centre Youth Network would like to invite your Youth Group to collaborate and participate at the CCR Newcomer Youth Civic Engagement Project.
The aim of the project is to activate local CCR Youth Network Branches where newcomer youth, (not born in Canada) between 16 and 25 years old, develop their leadership skills and motivate other newcomer youth to get involved and together strategize around issues that newcomer youth are facing. Branches also facilitate youth engagement with organizations that serve newcomer youth in order to make their services more engaging and relevant to newcomer youth.
There will be three meetings the first meeting on February 16 th from 12:00 to 6:00 pm at 1558 Bloor St W, will be a consultation with youth on the Ideal Journey to Canada. This session will consult youth on what is their vision for the experience of newcomer youth who arrive in Canada and their vision for Youth Engagement.
On February 26 th at 1:00 pm, 208 Oakwood Avenue will organize a meeting with organizations that serve newcomer youth, youth will present their findings. Together youth and organizations will discuss actions they can take to support youth engagement and improve the journey to Canada for newcomer youth, and after that we will share all the finding. It will be an excellent asset if your Organization and especial the Youth group can participate with us.
For more information contact:
Sara Hummad
Youth Worker
sara.hummad@fcjrefugeecentre.org
416 469 9754 ext 228
The RAD information sessions will provide front line workers and refugee appellants a FREE opportunity to be better prepared for the presentation of their appeal before the RAD.
Workers and Rejected refugees will learn the steps to follow and how to document your appeal before the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD).
Analysts from Refugee Appeal Division, RAD, will talk about submissions of documents, what happen after the refugee hearing, when the RPD process finish, when the RAD process begins and deadlines.
Next session March 1st, 2019 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Confirm your interest in attending the next session with Carolina Teves cteves@fcjrefugeecentre.org
This informative sessions are possible thanks to the support of the Law Foundation
This is a special Ready tour for agencies supporting refugee claimants waiting for their refugee hearing. Through this training front line workers can be familiar with the benefits of the Ready Tour program
READY TOUR is a free program for refugee claimants waiting for their refugee hearing. Ready Tours are schedule twice a month in the morning time. For many refugee claimants the time before their hearing is stressful. The refugee hearing caused them additional stress and anxiety.
Some of the benefits of the Ready Tour for refugee claimants are the following:
On this special session for staff, volunteers and placement students you will be familiar with those befits and also you will learn about:
For registration please click here
For more details contact Carolina Teves at cteves@fcjrefugeecentre.org
READY TOUR FOR AGENCIES JAN 22
READY TOUR is a free program for refugee claimants waiting for their refugee hearing.
Sign UP and visit a refugee hearing room.
If you are a refugee claimant, this is a unique opportunity to be better prepared for your hearing, see an actual refugee hearing room.
For many refugee claimants the time before their hearing is stressful. The refugee hearing caused them additional stress and anxiety.
Benefits of the Ready Tour
REGISTRATION
If you want to register for the Ready Tour, please answer the following questions and send it to Carolina Teves cteves@fcjrefugeecentre.org
Ready Tours are scheduled FROM 9:30 AM TO 11:30 AM as follow:
Month |
Thursday |
Thursday |
February |
21 |
|
March |
7 |
21 |
April |
4 |
18 |
Our seasonal newsletter provides exciting updates on:
Today, on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) underlines its message that everyone is deserving of basic rights and human dignity, not because of their citizenship or their immigration status, but because they are human beings.
For refugees fleeing persecution, Article 14 of the Declaration is key: “Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” This fundamental right is now part of international and Canadian law. On this basis, anyone who makes a refugee claim at the border or within Canada must be given a chance to explain why they need our protection.
Despite the promise of the Declaration, refugees and migrants still have their rights abused and face exploitation and situations of human trafficking around the world. Migrants are often subject to xenophobia and targeted by divisive politicians.
Canadians can be proud that Canada is showing leadership in bringing countries together to improve respect for the rights of all migrants with the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. While the Compact is not legally binding, it offers a pathway of cooperation between countries that will reduce the pressures forcing people to leave their home countries. When people do migrate, this new framework will increase respect for individual rights and allow receiving communities, including in Canada, to benefit more fully from migrants’ contributions.
As a world leader in championing human rights, Canada must strive to do better and respect the rights of refugees and migrants. This means that Canada should:
http://ccrweb.ca/en/media/70-years-human-rights-Canada-leadership