By Anthony Joseph Turning 60 is special – there’s no doubt about it. And there’s something about milestones like this that puts us in a reflective, even a slightly nostalgic mood about the journey travelled thus far. If I were to do a poll right now and ask you to tell me what you think […]
By Anthony Joseph Anthony Joseph, publisher of The Caribbean Camera, was one of two Canadian media representatives who were in Antigua for the recent carnival as guests of the government of Antigua and Barbuda. One of the highlights of my visit to Antigua during the recent carnival was a tour of Ras Freeman, the […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 33-year-old male from Jamaica was recently granted refugee protection status in Canada as he established that he faces a serious possibility of persecution throughout Jamaica. His claim was heard in April 2022 and accepted earlier this month by the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB) who determined […]
By Lincoln DePradine Evie Auchinvole remembers a time when the Black people she knew and met were family members and a few friends. She says the growth in the number of Black Canadians, with the arrival of immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa, has impacted her life positively. “I remember when immigration first started trickling, […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Recently a 49-year-old citizen of Jamaica, who I will refer to as Ricardo, was a former permanent resident of Canada and was successful in the Federal Court in having a negative humanitarian and compassionate application for permanent residence set aside. The facts of his case are as follows: He first arrived in […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon I recently represented a 58-year-old Muslim Cleric who was successful in having the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) set aside the refusal of his sponsorship for his 38-year-old spouse. For the purposes of this article, I will refer to the sponsor as Alim and his spouse as Fatima. Alim and Fatima were […]
By Lincoln DePradine Celebrated African-American author, the late Toni Morrison, left a body of work that continues to inspire people in various fields of life, including educators. “God Help the Child’’, Morrison’s final novel before her death, is the main resource material used in a spring production to be hosted next week at Lawrence Heights […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A Dominican Farm worker was recently successful in the Federal Court in having the refusal of his humanitarian and compassionate application set aside and to be re-determined by another officer. I will refer to him as Kenneth, not his real name. He came to Canada to work as an agricultural worker in […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 39-year-old Canadian citizen who I will refer to as Abu was recently successful before the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD). The negative decision on his sponsorship application made on behalf of his 32-year-old spouse, who is a citizen of Sudan (who I will refer to as Gammy) was quashed and the appeal […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon “Despite the positive attributes in their application, I am unable to avert my attention away from the applicants’ immigration record in Canada, which proves less than spotless.” Officer. Recently, a Federal Court judge was critical of an immigration officer’s decision to refuse a Mexican family’s application for permanent residence on humanitarian […]
