"Governments of origin, transit and destination countries are struggling on how best to manage unauthorized migration flows. (...) Although in the past legalization was the typical remedy, recently the issue has become highly contentious, emotive and politicized, with vocal arguments for and against granting legal status to unauthorized migrants."
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With the theme "Health means the world to us" the next North American Refugee Health Conference will take place in Toronto next June. The Call for abstracts deadline is January 16, 2017. 
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Min Sook Lee's documentary, Migrant Dreams, reveals the dark side of Canada's temporary migrant workers program. The film profiles a group of women, mostly from Indonesia, who have come to Ontario to work in greenhouses to raise money for their families. However, after spending much of their wages to pay recruiter agent fees and rent on employer-controlled housing, little is left over to send home.
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