Israel, which is at war with Hamas militants in Gaza, responded furiously to the announcement on Wednesday by three European nations that they planned to formally recognize Palestinian statehood
Ifrah Ahmed was smuggled to Ireland, where she applied for asylum. She is now a high-profile supporter of the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and a global advocate against female genital mutilation
Since the late 1970s, private sponsors have brought more than 300,000 refugees to Canada, over and above those resettled with government funding