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Help us reach our goal of $18,000friendsonthemove-logoMark Saturday May 25, 2013 on your calendar for the 7th Annual  Friends on the Move Walkathon in support of Micah House. It's another walk in the park! Join us for fun and friendship in Hamilton's Gage Park once again. Register or support a walker today!

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Welcome home!
house Micah House is a home, a home for ordinary people seeking asylum from danger, terror and persecution. When they arrive, they are lonely, confused and don't know what's next.

Over and over again, our guests tell us that when they were at a low point in their life, full of doubt and uncertinty, Micah House became their family when they were separated from their own.

Since opening its doors in the spring of 2006, Micah house has become a home and a family to over 500 refugee claimants by providing short-term housing, assisting them with settlement issues and helping them to build solid, healthy bridges into the community.

Micah House is the work of a group of Christians from a variety of churches and organizations in Hamilton who believe that God's call to "do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God" includes refugees from all nations, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or political ideology. Micah House strives to be a place where God's love is felt and communicated within an atmosphere of welcome and peace. Micah House provides shelter and assistance for newly arrived refugees who would otherwise have been homeless upon their arrival in Hamilton. Micah House is situated east of downtown Hamilton in a beautiful, old 2 1/2 storey home in an established and very pleasant residential neighbourhood.
 

Myths About Refugees

MYTH: Canada respects the rights of all refugees and immigrants living in Canada.

Canadians are rightly proud of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our human rights commitments, but our record is not spotless. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has repeatedly criticized Canada for its slowness in reuniting refugee families.

MYTH: People who use smugglers are less likely to be refugees in need of protection.

This is false.  People fleeing persecution often have no choice but to turn to smugglers to help them escape.  How people arrive in Canada tells us nothing about why they left their country of origin.  To decide if they need Canada's protection we need to know why they left and what dangers they face if they returned.

MYTH: Refugee claimants pose threats to Canada's security.

Refugee claimants are not threats to security – they are seeking security and protection from threats to their own lives.

MYTH: Canada does more than its share to assist refugees and asylum seekers when compared to other countries.

On the contrary, international law recognizes that refugees often have no choice but to enter a country of asylum illegally.

MYTH: Refugee claimants are "queue jumpers."

This is false.  There is no queue for refugees.  International law guarantees that people fleeing persecution have the right to go to another country and seek asylum - that is why Canada has a refugee determination system.If your life is in danger, you run.  You do not stand still and wait for help to come to you.

©2006-2011 Micah House Refugee Reception Services