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When nutritionist Ala’a Eideh volunteers as an instructor in an Arabic nutrition and cooking class that starts next month, she’ll be teaching newcomers from places such as Syria — a place with a cuisine she knows well and loves. “Giving a cooking class in Arabic for newcomers — especially Syrians — is exciting,” said the international student doing a doctorate in nutrition at the University of Manitoba.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/food/Newcomer-nutrition-on-the-menu-for-Arabic-cooking-course-363608521.html

The back and side of Rolston Ryan’s body still bear the marks of the stabbings in two gay bashing attacks that he suffered in St. Kitts. […] Despite the scars of his stab wounds — and acknowledgement that he would “face a serious possibility of persecution” as a gay man if he returned to his homeland — the Immigration and Refugee Board denied Ryan’s refugee claim because, in refugee judge Brenda Lloyd’s own words, “the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis provides adequate protection to its citizens.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/12/27/refugee-board-told-gay-bash-victim-st-kitts-could-protect-him.html

A United Nations inquiry in June reported human rights violations in Eritrea. The report said many people there are subjected to forced labour or imprisonment under a totalitarian state. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the country. Zedingle Ghebremusse of the Edmonton Eritrean Association said he applauds Canadian efforts to help Syrian refugees. But he worries Eritreans risk being ignored as a result.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-s-eritrean-community-worries-other-refugees-being-ignored-1.3380993

Le calme aura été de courte durée. Après le saccage d’une salle de prière, des manifestants ont investi à nouveau un quartier sensible. Samedi matin, les élus locaux se sont relayés pour condamner les événements qui se sont déroulés depuis jeudi soir à Ajaccio. Le rassemblement prévu à 15 heures aux abords du quartier des Jardins […].

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/12/26/01016-20151226ARTFIG00022-ajaccio-apres-le-saccage-d-une-salle-de-priere-l-incomprehension-domine.php

Plusieurs centaines de migrants ont tenté de s’introduire sur le site d’Eurotunnel, près de Calais, vendredi 25 décembre dans l’après-midi. Les autorités ont brièvement fermé l’autoroute A16 dans les deux sens par mesure de sécurité. « Vers 16 heures, quelques centaines de migrants, par petits groupes, ont tenté de s’introduire sur le site », […].

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/12/26/des-migrants-ont-tente-de-s-introduire-dans-le-tunnel-sous-la-manche_4838190_3224.html

The former Royal Victoria Hospital will be one of twenty-five special Syrian refugee health clinics across Quebec. […] Refugees will visit a clinic about 72 hours after they arrive. Thirteen refugee health clinics are situated in Montreal, dedicated to providing a check-up they land and other health care needs such as readapting, immunizations and counseling.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/syrian-refugees-health-care-quebec-gaetan-barrette-lucie-charlebois-1.3381078