Background

The past days have shown that the Canadian government, corporations, and allies in this crisis are complicit in deaths of Aylan, Galip and Rehan Kurdi. Thousands of Eritrean, Somali, Syrian, Yemeni, and Balkan refugees are dying on the shores of Fortress Europe; as Latin Americans have died en route to the United States of America.

Canada - Migrant and refugee rights groups across Canada are demanding that Minister Alexander andPrime Minister Stephen Harper answer for the deaths of Ghalib Kurdi, 5, and brother Aylan, 3, andopen up Canada to welcome refugees. There are almost 60 million displaced people around the globe this year, and over 45,000 people have died crossing borders since 2000 yet the Canadian government only assisted 5,790 refugees to resettlein 2013

The Facts

Canada has discriminatory refugee policies: the number of refugee claims decreased by 50% and number of refugeesdropped by 30% between 2006-2012.

The Canadian government profits from wars: in alliance with resource-extractive corporations & European and American partners, Canada has been profiting from the wars, environmental collapse & economic depressions of countries resulting in over 52 million displaced people.

Deaths abound in the system: the Kurdi family died because Canadian immigration policies made it impossible for them to come here by regular means, but their deaths are not an anomaly. Numerous refugees are denied access to countries and face extraordinary measures to try to get to safety. And over half a million undocumented immigrants in Canada are denied healthcare & face painful deaths when they fall ill.

Massive transformation is possible: German residents have convinced their government to allow over 800,000 refugeesinto their country while 10,000 Icelandic residents have opened up their homes to refugees.

For more information go to neverhome.ca

Background

The past days have shown that the Canadian government, corporations, and allies in this crisis are complicit in deaths of Aylan, Galip and Rehan Kurdi. Thousands of Eritrean, Somali, Syrian, Yemeni, and Balkan refugees are dying on the shores of Fortress Europe; as Latin Americans have died en route to the United States of America.

Canada - Migrant and refugee rights groups across Canada are demanding that Minister Alexander andPrime Minister Stephen Harper answer for the deaths of Ghalib Kurdi, 5, and brother Aylan, 3, andopen up Canada to welcome refugees. There are almost 60 million displaced people around the globe this year, and over 45,000 people have died crossing borders since 2000 yet the Canadian government only assisted 5,790 refugees to resettlein 2013

The Facts

Canada has discriminatory refugee policies: the number of refugee claims decreased by 50% and number of refugeesdropped by 30% between 2006-2012

The Canadian government profits from wars: in alliance with resource-extractive corporations & European and American partners, Canada has been profiting from the wars, environmental collapse & economic depressions of countries resulting in over 52 million displaced people.

Deaths abound in the system: the Kurdi family died because Canadian immigration policies made it impossible for them to come here by regular means, but their deaths are not an anomaly. Numerous refugees are denied access to countries and face extraordinary measures to try to get to safety. And over half a million undocumented immigrants in Canada are denied healthcare & face painful deaths when they fall ill.

Massive transformation is possible: German residents have convinced their government to allow over 800,000 refugeesinto their country while 10,000 Icelandic residents have opened up their homes to refugees.

For more information go to neverhome.ca