Media Roundup

La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.


CBC News – After Slashing Immigration, Quebec Turns to Immigrants to Fill Shortage in Long-Term Care Homes

Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, who cut immigration levels during the CAQ’s first year in power, has announced a plan to recruit immigrants to work as orderlies in the province’s long-term care homes. “The needs are immediate,” Jolin-Barrette said at a news conference Thursday. The pilot project to bring in 550 experienced health-care workers is part of a series of reforms to the Quebec Experience Program, or PEQ, which provides foreign students in the province and temporary workers with a fast track to permanent residency.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/simon-jolin-barrette-immigration-chslds-orderlies-1.5588375

INFO Radio-Canada – Réforme du PEQ : Québec impose une expérience de travail

Les étudiants internationaux devront désormais avoir travaillé durant au moins un an pour pouvoir postuler au PEQ. Le ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration a confirmé, jeudi, les éléments déjà publiés par Radio-Canada il y a quelques jours. Le PEQ est un programme d’immigration qui permet aux étudiants internationaux et aux travailleurs temporaires qui vivent, étudient ou travaillent déjà dans la province d’obtenir, à terme, une résidence permanente.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1707060/peq-immigration-quebec-gouvernement-reforme-etudiants-travailleurs

ICI Alberta – COVID-19 : les besoins des nouveaux arrivants en hausse, selon des organismes albertains

Selon des organismes d’appui aux nouveaux arrivants francophones en Alberta, la COVID-19 a exacerbé la situation de ces derniers. Isolement, perte d’emploi et difficulté à se procurer un ordinateur pour la scolarité de leurs enfants… Autant de facteurs qui ont rendu leur intégration plus difficile. Les employés de ces organismes travaillent d’arrache-pied pour les aider à trouver les aides financières auxquelles ils ont droit, des ordinateurs, de l’appui scolaire et même de la nourriture.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1706577/covid19-immigrants-pauvrete-aide-federal-assurance-emploi

Toronto Star – Her Job Is to Care for the Vulnerable During the Pandemic. Now She Might Get Deported

Amaka Oregbemhe is on the front-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, picking up night shifts as a personal support worker at a group home for people with disabilities on top of her full-time hours in supportive housing for seniors. Her husband, Samuel, is delivering goods as a truck driver. But now, two years after arriving in Canada seeking asylum from Nigeria, the family faces the prospect of being sent back after their refugee claim was denied.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/05/26/her-job-is-to-care-for-the-vulnerable-during-the-pandemic-now-she-might-get-deported.html

Global News – Asylum Seekers Confused by Quebec Government’s Messages on Immigration

On Monday, Legault said his government would consider allowing asylum seekers who have been working on the front lines in the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for immigration, but on a case-by-case basis. But those demanding action say they’re not sure what to make of the premier’s promise. There’s a lot of confusion,” said Gaëlle Ledan, a refugee claimant from Haiti. “What will be the requirement to choose people?”

https://globalnews.ca/news/6989220/asylum-seekers-quebec-government-mixed-messages/

Global News – Asylum Seekers Confused by Quebec Government’s Messages on Immigration

On Monday, Legault said his government would consider allowing asylum seekers who have been working on the front lines in the COVID-19 pandemic to apply for immigration, but on a case-by-case basis. But those demanding action say they’re not sure what to make of the premier’s promise. There’s a lot of confusion,” said Gaëlle Ledan, a refugee claimant from Haiti. “What will be the requirement to choose people?”

https://globalnews.ca/news/6989220/asylum-seekers-quebec-government-mixed-messages/