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.


Le Devoir — Des voix en région s’élèvent pour le maintien des travailleurs étrangers temporaires

Plus que la menace des tarifs américains, c’est la diminution du nombre de travailleurs étrangers temporaires qui inquiète en région. Élus et entrepreneurs plaident de plus en plus bruyamment pour un assouplissement des mesures restrictives imposées sans discernement. L’Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) a ajouté sa voix ce mardi au concert grandissant de voix régionales qui réclament du gouvernement fédéral un assouplissement des règles pour l’embauche de travailleurs étrangers temporaires. L’été dernier, Ottawa a restreint considérablement les seuils d’acceptation pour ces travailleurs désormais présents partout au Québec.

https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/867991/voix-regions-elevent-maintien-travailleurs-etrangers-temporaires

Radio-Canada — Plus de 500 millions $ en aide sociale aux demandeurs d’asile au Québec

Le montant versé en aide financière de dernier recours à des demandeurs d’asile a atteint un sommet au Québec en 2024, soit 507,7 millions de dollars. Le gouvernement Legault compte de nouveau demander un « remboursement » de la part du fédéral. Face à un nouvel afflux au poste frontalier de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, le ministre de l’Immigration et certains de ses collègues ont soutenu ces derniers jours que la capacité d’accueil du Québec est atteinte. Le montant versé comprend non seulement les nouveaux demandeurs, mais tous les ménages prestataires comptant au moins un demandeur d’asile pour une année donnée.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2156870/demandeurs-asile-quebec-aide-sociale

City News — Canada can’t afford to lose immigrants during trade war with U.S.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are escalating fears of a global recession, and a Toronto-based immigration lawyer says, Canada can’t afford to lose talented immigrants in the country right now. Canada has the opportunity to attract high-skill talent and maintain the talent already living and working in the country. It’s especially important as Canada undergoes a trade war with its closest ally. The next immigration minister should look at people already in Canada, regularize and turn these individuals into permanent residents, Jain said. These people can be high-skilled individuals who have key roles in Canadian companies.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/14/canada-cant-afford-to-lose-immigrants-during-trade-war-with-u-s/

CBC News — Palestinian activist arrested by ICE while expecting U.S. citizenship interview

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said. Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vt., by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mohsen-mahdawi-arrested-1.7510325

CTV News — Canada likely the ‘only option left’ for asylum seekers from U.S.

A spokesperson for a Montreal-based group that helps undocumented migrants says the threat of U.S. administration policies could be the reason why a Quebec border crossing has seen an increase in the number of people seeking asylum. According to Canada Border Services Agency data, the number of asylum claims at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing has increased since the beginning of the year – 1,356 applications in March and 557 claims for the first week of April.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/us-administration-policies-reason-for-rise-in-asylum-seekers-at-quebec-border-crossing-advocate-says/

The Globe and Mail — Asylum seekers turned away at Canadian border largely face detention, U.S. border agency says

Asylum seekers rebuffed at the Canadian border and returned to the United States are increasingly being detained there, a shift in policy that critics say calls into question the Safe Third Country Agreement, a long-standing bilateral treaty premised on both countries being safe for refugee claimants. In a statement to The Globe and Mail, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that it is now the organization’s policy to place asylum seekers and migrants redirected from Canada into custody and transfer them to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility for removal from the country. Asylum claimants and migrants handed over by Canadian border officials will now be detained except on “rare occurrences where it may not be feasible to transfer the subjects to an ICE facility,” CBP spokesperson Steven Bansbach said in the statement.