Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
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.
Montreal Gazette – Protesters Rally in Downtown Montreal Denouncing Deportations to Haiti
About 30 protesters carried signs denouncing strict immigration policies and chanted “Nobody is illegal” outside the offices of Immigration Canada at the corner of St-Antoine and Cathédrale Sts. downtown on Saturday. They denounced the Canadian government’s policy of deporting people to Haiti while violent protests continue to take place throughout the country. “These people are being deported back to danger,” said Jennie-Laure Sully, a demonstrator who works with Solidarity Across Borders, the group that organized the event.
CBC News – On the Menu for Asylum Seekers — Meals that Meet Religious Needs
A CBSA spokesperson said it provides sandwiches, juice boxes, granola bars and frozen meals when the time to process an asylum seeker is “extensive.” The agency has a number of options on the menu, including vegetarian selections. The Canada Border Services Agency has been making sure religious dietary concerns are respected, according to documents CBC News obtained under the Access to Information Act. In the 2017-18 fiscal year, approximately $770,500 was spent on food and drinks given to asylum seekers who walked into Canada.
CBC News – Is this a Hate Crime? Lawyer Weighs in on ‘Illegal Alien’ Video
A defence lawyer says he doesn’t expect charges to be laid in a race-related incident caught on camera at a London grocery store this week. The video was posted on social media and has been viewed over one million times. The incident remains under investigation by the London police hate crime unit. “There’s a difference between a hate crime and crimes that are motivated or exacerbated by hate,” said Alvin Shidlowski, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer.
Global News – Canada’s Immigration Detention System Unfairly Penalizes Detainees: Report
Canada’s immigration detention system relies on faulty information and is stacked against detainees, many of whom lack lawyers and are penalized for having severe mental illness, an audit has found. The findings, by Toronto-based human rights lawyer Kathy Laird, were commissioned last year by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, the independent government agency whose decision-makers oversee detention reviews.
Toronto Star – Audit of Immigration Detention Review System Reveals Culture That Favours Incarceration
The first-ever audit into the way Canada reviews immigration detention cases reveals a system that unfairly keeps people behind bars for months on end due to ill-informed adjudicators and a culture that favours incarceration. The damning findings, including decision-making based on inaccurate information, unchallenged faith in border enforcement officials and inadequate legal representation for detainees, have shocked even the most seasoned critics and rights advocates.
Le Monde – La Tunisie appelée à accueillir un bateau de migrants bloqué en Méditerranée
Quatre ONG ont appelé, mercredi 18 juillet, les autorités tunisiennes à autoriser l’accostage d’un navire commercial ayant secouru une quarantaine de migrants partis de Libye, après un refus de les accueillir à Malte, en Italie et en France, selon elles. Perdus en mer à bord de leur embarcation pneumatique depuis cinq jours, ces migrants – originaire d’Afrique subsaharienne et […].
