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 – International Students Feeling Isolated and Financially Strapped as They Wait Out Pandemic

They are thousands of miles away from their families, watching from Canada as international borders shut down, airlines cancel flights, and cities and countries announce drastic isolation measures. They are worried about their families as the virus spreads through their countries. And they’re worried about how they’re going to get through this themselves, isolated in a country where they lack the support networks they would normally have at home.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/covid-international-students-universities-pandemic-1.5505222?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

Globe and Mail – John Ibbitson: Has the Era of Open Canada Reached Its End?

The ambitious plans of this Liberal government to expand immigration targets and create new programs have been dashed by the coronavirus pandemic. The challenge is to ensure the downturn is only temporary, that Canada returns to its open-door policy as quickly as possible. Otherwise, closed borders could be the most damaging legacy of this disease.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-has-the-era-of-open-canada-reached-its-end/

Le Devoir – Les migrants laissés à eux-mêmes

Chacun de leur côté, Washington et Ottawa ont annoncé, vendredi dernier, que les réfugiés qui se présenteraient à leurs frontières seraient automatiquement refoulés. Il était attendu que Donald Trump, dont la position face au coronavirus demeure en toute autre chose ambiguë et désorganisée, jugerait utile de se servir du microbe pour appliquer les politiques xénophobes qui l’ont porté au pouvoir. L’est moins la décision du premier ministre Justin Trudeau de faire pareil en annonçant que les migrants irréguliers seraient renvoyés aux États-Unis — comme si, sous le président actuel, ceux-ci pouvaient être considérés comme un « pays tiers sûr ».

https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/editoriaux/575608/coronavirus-les-migrants-laisses-a-eux-memes

Le Devoir – Le ministère de la Santé accusé d’avoir « oublié » les immigrants

Le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) a ignoré les appels à la collaboration d’un regroupement de 130 organismes d’aide aux immigrants qui lui offrait ses services dans la crise de la COVID-19, a appris Le Devoir.  L’Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l’égalité dans la santé et les services sociaux (ACCESSS) tirait la sonnette d’alarme depuis la fin janvier au cabinet de la ministre de la Santé, Danielle McCann, qui n’a pas donné suite à cet appel pendant tout ce temps.

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/575621/covid-19-le-ministere-de-la-sante-accuse-d-avoir-oublie-les-immigrants?fbclid=IwAR1k0i9xiMjiMVtZyc3RyP2ApmkP6-58Xel-ZskBJHxct0eFxBPRQxMDBuk

MacLean’s – The Struggle to Stay Safe from COVID-19 in a Refugee Camp

While people all around the world are being advised to wash their hands frequently and keep a two-metre distance from others, those living in Kakuma—and all of the 2.6 million people currently living in refugee camps— often don’t have the option to do these things. There are increasing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in camps in Greece, and Syria. But many of the largest refugee camps are in countries that have not yet been hit heavily by the virus, including Kenya, Bangladesh and Uganda.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/the-struggle-to-stay-safe-from-covid-19-in-a-refugee-camp/

Chronicle Herald – Dutch National Sentenced in Halifax on Immigration, Fraud Charges

A Dutch national who lived in Nova Scotia for 19 years under an assumed name, fraudulently collecting more than $293,000 in government benefits, has been handed an 18-month jail sentence. David Samh Samhun Ishaq Sadik was residing in Bridgewater as David Levy when he was taken into custody by the Canada Border Services Agency last November and placed on an immigration hold.

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/dutch-national-sentenced-in-halifax-on-immigration-fraud-charges-428507/