Refugee Sponsorship

Since late 2024 and through 2025, refugee sponsorship in Canada has been defined by significant government pauses on new applications for private sponsorship. While existing applications continue to be processed and some pathways remain open, specifically through Sponsorship Agreement Holder organizations like the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the halt has caused distress among potential sponsors […]

In 2024, PWS&D’s refugee program submitted applications to sponsor 93 individuals, primarily Afghan refugees. Applications were also processed for refugees who had to flee persecution, arrest because of their political opinion, and war from Myanmar, Ethiopia, Iran, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea and Syria. Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2022 and the