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Battista Migration Law Group Specializes In Helping LGBTQ & HIV+ Communities (Press Release)

The Toronto immigration law firm specializes in assisting the HIV+ and LGBTQ communities. The Canadian firm represents clients from every...

Toronto Immigration Lawyer Explains Why She Believes Canada’s Immigration Law is Discriminatory

Adrienne Smith, a former analyst at Immigration Canada and now an immigration lawyer, explains why she thinks Canada’s immigration law...

SCC rules immigration detainees can apply to provincial superior courts for habeas corpus

"Michael Battista of Toronto’s Battista Migration Law Group, co-counsel with Adrienne Smith for the intervener Egale Canada Human Rights...

Limiting Access to Refugee Protection in Canada

"The Canadian government has introduced a bill in Parliament which expands the basis upon which people seeking refuge can be denied...

International student arrested, facing deportation for working too many hours

" “I’ve never seen a case where an OPP officer takes it upon themselves to do their own immigration investigation into whether someone is...

Video - Speaking before a Parliamentary Committee

"Adrienne Smith, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer, was in Ottawa to testify on a section of Canada’s immigration act that is...

A wide variety of psychological and physical abuse

"Michael Battista, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer who specializes in LGBTQ claimants, notes that the detention system is especially...

Adrienne Smith spoke to Global News

Adrienne Smith spoke to Global News yesterday about the unnecessary delays and complexity of international adoption. Read the story here...

HIV lawyers help fight stigma

Michael Battista has acted for a number of refugee claimants who sought protection in Canada as a direct result of their HIV-positive...

Michael Battista Wins First SPPG Teaching Innovation Award

Congratulations to Michael Battista on winning The Teaching Innovation Award from University of Toronto. To read further about this...

TVO - How renegotiating the Safe Third Country Agreement could put refugees at risk

ANALYSIS: Reports suggest Canada is looking to reopen the STCA with the U.S. — but, some experts warn, that could have negative...

The Star - Transgender woman moved from men’s jail

"A transgender woman from the U.K. who was stopped by customs at Pearson airport for overstaying her previous visit was detained for a...

Metro - Ex-Humber instructor's immigration dreams short-lived after email error

"Michael James Eves had to quit his job as a multimedia 3D animation instructor at Humber College and return to England in 2014 because...

Global News Immigration lawyer explains why she believes Canada’s immigration law is discriminatory

"Adrienne Smith, a former analyst at Immigration Canada and now an immigration lawyer, explains why she thinks Canada’s immigration law...

Global Canada rejects hundreds of immigrants based on incomplete data, Global News investigation

“[Immigration officers] treat that number as a very firm number, which means if it’s anything over [$6,655], then the person can be...

The Star- Refugee board creates guidelines for deciding LGBTQ claims

"A Nicaraguan man was refused asylum in Canada because he had not pursued gay relationships. A gay man from St. Kitts was denied because...

The Guardian - Canada introduces gender-neutral 'X' option on passports

"Canadians are able to identify as gender neutral on their passports from Thursday under changes that have been enthusiastically welcomed...

Fox News - Canada introduces gender-neutral passport option

"In a move to promote acceptance and equality, Canada has introduced a third sex category option on passports and other government...

Global News- Immigration Canada ‘breaking the law,’ when denying some disabled applicants

"Families looking to become Canadian permanent residents are being unfairly rejected by immigration officials, say legal experts, and in...

Global News - Canada’s immigration minister considers scrapping ‘discriminatory’ law

"Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said his office is considering removing a section of the country’s Immigration Act that...

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