Refugees and Immigrant Re-Settlement Program:
We recognize that it is a painful decision for anyone to leave their homeland, work, and families for a foreign country in order to save their lives. Under its Immigrant and Refugee Settlement Program, ICV assists asylum seekers, refugees, and newcomers with their integration and settlement into Canadian society. Through this program, we walk newcomers to Canada through the basics of Canadian life and provide them with the necessary tools to succeed.
ICV Welcomes Tabeeta Gill and family to Canada
It gives us great pleasure to welcome Tabeeta Gill, her husband and two sons to Canada this morning after arriving from Dubai where they had sought sanctuary. Accused of blasphemy, Tabeeta’s unfortunate incident in Pakistan made international headlines in 2021.
Team members from International Christian Voice and representatives from other communities were present at Toronto International Airport to welcome the family to Canada.
Tabeeta and her husband, Sohail were so overjoyed to be on Canadian soil, that upon arrival at the airport lounge they knelt and kissed the ground. Their sons, Shaloom 15 and Elisha 14 were remarkably alert and energetic after their fourteen-hour flight and were eager to learn more about their new country. They wasted no time in exploring their new home and the park behind their house.
It was the start of their new lives of freedom in Canada. Please pray for their quick and successful integration into our great country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SA_8–cPaY
https://www.ucanews.com/news/mob-attacks-pakistani-christian-in-hospital-over-blasphemy-claim/91207
ICV welcomes Two more families to Canada
September 21, 2022
A contingent of International Christian Voice members, supporters, and members of the Countryside Mennonite Fellowship Church were present at Terminal 3 in the morning to welcome two refugee families to Canada, on the same flight from Thailand. Shahzad Daniel, his wife Nighat and three children and a single applicant, Danish Iftakhar, are sponsored by ICV and co-sponsored by the Countryside Mennonite Fellowship Church from Wallenstein, ON next to St. Jacob’s and Elmira.
Shahzad assisted with many administrative and humanitarian tasks in Thailand on behalf of ICV. We hope that he will continue to use his talents to assist us in Canada. International Christian Voice is grateful to him for his past assistance and welcomes both families to Canada. We are also grateful to the Countryside Mennonite Fellowship Church for co-sponsoring both families and for undertaking the financial responsibility for their settlement and integration into Canada.
ICV Welcomes Stephen Aslam to Canada
ICV Welcomes Waris Shahou and family to Canada
After living for nine years under difficult circumstances as refugees in Thailand, after fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan, the Waris Shahou family of six were overjoyed as their plane touched down on Canadian soil this morning.
International Christian Voice, as their sponsor and co-sponsor, Rohail Massy were pleased to welcome them at the airport today and to wish them well on the first day of their new lives in Canada.
Please remember the Shahou family in your prayers.
Two More Refugee Families Arrived in Toronto, Canada
International Christian Voice was pleased to welcome Shahbaz Bahadur, his wife and two children to Canada from Thailand, on June 30, 2022, and then today (June 14th, 2022). We received Ijaz Akthar at Toronto Pearson Airport who arrived on a flight from Thailand via Seoul.
We warmly welcome both families to Canada and pray that God blesses them abundantly with gifts of peace, joy and success in their new lives in our great country. We request you to please pray for their successful settlement in Canada.
International Christian Voice Welcomes their 7th Refugee Family of 2022
June 17th, 2022
International Christian Voice (ICV) was at the airport to welcome their 7th family of this year2022. It was a memorable day in the lives of refugee family, Sharoon Inayat, his wife and three children when they arrived at Pearson International from Malaysia. Welcoming them at the airport were ICV representative, brother-in-law, Shakeel Maqbool and nephew, Nabeel.
ICV also welcomed Seeta Amir and her four daughters on June 09, 2022. This sponsorship was very special because of the circumstances Seeta had to overcome prior to her arrival. Two years ago, while refugees in Bangkok, Seeta and her daughters suffered the tragic loss of her husband/their father, Amir James, when he died in a motorcycle accident. Amir being the principal applicant in their sponsorship, his untimely death resulted in the termination of their sponsorship application to Canada.
ICV along with co-sponsors, Shiloh International Church Canada and Amir’s brother, Imran James, reapplied with Seeta as the principal applicant. The sad, hopeless and untenable situation of two years ago ended in great joy and a bright future for both mother and daughters on June 9th. Seeta Amir and Sharoon Inayat are families #6 and #7 to arrive in 2022. We wish both families great happiness, success and freedom to live the lives they choose in Canada.
International Christian Voice Welcomes their First Refugee Family of 2022, this time from Sri Lanka
10th February, 2022
International Christian Voice was pleased to welcome their first refugee family of 2022. Zahid Masih and his wife Sana arrived at Toronto Pearson airport from Colombo and were welcomed by their cosponsors and ICV. They were very happy to finally be in Canada.
Welcome, Zahid and Sana!
We request you to please pray for their successful settlement in Canada.
International Christian Voice welcomes their second refugee family within a week, this time from Malaysia
ICV was delighted to welcome Huma Yasmin, her son, parents and four siblings to Canada from Malaysia, at the Toronto International Airport, this evening. The family, who had spent several years under very difficult circumstances in Malaysia, after fleeing severe religious persecution in Pakistan, were excited and grateful at setting foot in Toronto and look forward to living a life in peace and freedom in Canada. Also, at the airport to greet the family was their cosponsor, a Church in London, ON who welcomed them warmly.
After loading the family and their luggage into two waiting vans, we waved goodbye in the rain, as they headed off to their home and new life in London.
We request you to please pray for their successful settlement in Canada.
International Christian Voice welcomes Amer Tufail and family; third refugee family
After the COVID-19 induced “refugee drought” of 2020, it feels like IRCC has opened the floodgates in the last quarter of 2021.
By Grace of God this afternoon, International Christian Voice (ICV) representatives, for the third time in under three weeks, were present at the airport to welcome another ICV sponsored long-suffering refugee family to Canada.
It gladdens our hearts to give you more good news! IRCC has notified us that two other refugee families, sponsored by ICV in 2018, are scheduled to arrive in Canada from Bangkok, on November 26, 2021.
Please pray for their successful transition and safe arrival.