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N.S. community doubts refugees recruited as health-care workers will ever arrive

Published on May 17, 2023

International workers who applied under federal program face lengthy delays.

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These refugees are coming to Canada as health-care workers. Trouble is, they've been waiting for years

Published on April 26, 2023

Feds target refugee camps as a way to help ease shortage of health-care workers.

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'All my life I have not seen freedom,' says Somali health-care worker grateful to be in Nova Scotia

Published on January 19, 2023

Mohamed Hussein moved from a refugee camp in Kenya, where he had lived for 29 years.

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Refugees bound for N.S. from Kenya to work in continuing care

Published on January 4, 2023

Nova Scotia is offering jobs as continuing care assistants to 65 refugees from a camp in Kenya.

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Nova Scotia long-term care home recruiting refugees in Middle East, Africa to work in facility

Published on July 25, 2021

Federal program has helped New Glasgow home ease its staffing shortage.

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