Refugees in Canada…torn between safety and ‘funding’ the regimes they fled from
Canadian dollar remittances are helping to enrich autocratic regimes around the world
Ray Mwareya / @rmwareya
Journalist
Ray Mwareya is a journalist, culture writer, essayist and immigrant in Ottawa. His work appears in Al Jazeera, Ricochet Media, Life and Thyme, the Guardian and Newsweek. If he is not learning how to skate on the Rideau River in winter, he is usually hiking in Algonquin Park.
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