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.
Global News – Terminally Ill Refugee Claimant from Lebanon Desperate to Bring Family to Canada
A refugee claimant from Lebanon is pleading with Ottawa to give his family permission to come to visit him while he receives treatment for terminal cancer. His request was turned down once already but his lawyer and doctors are now calling on the immigration minister to make an exception out of compassion. El Taha is a stateless Palestinian who was living in Lebanon. He flew to the United States last fall and ended up crossing into Canada on foot through Roxham Road in December.
CTV News – Feds Confirm Delays with Permanent Residency Applications from Iranian Nationals
Iranians across Canada believe they are being discriminated against and they have pressured the government to take action on the matter. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has since admitted that there is a backlog in the process as background checks involving Iran have proven laborious. “We don’t have the on-the-ground consular services in Iran to be able to pursue the security issues and get the information that we need,” said Goodale in Regina on Friday. “We are working on the backlog as rapidly as we can.”
Global News – Majority of Illegal Migrants to Canada in 2018 Are Nigerians with U.S. Travel Visas
Canadian officials in Nigeria are working with the U.S. on developing tools to flag Nigerians applying for U.S. visas who may be at “high risk” of crossing illegally into Canada across the U.S. border. So far this year, the majority of illegal migrants arriving in Canada are Nigerians who have recently been issued U.S. travel visas. “It is apparent that they obtained those visas with the express intent to actually go to Canada,” said Hursh Jaswal, communications director for Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen.
Radio-Canada – Au Sénégal, le dur retour des migrants rapatriés
De nombreux Sénégalais qui ont quitté leur pays en quête d’une vie meilleure retournent chez eux bredouilles, avec l’aide de l’Organisation internationale des migrations. Rencontre avec ces migrants, qui racontent comment se déroule le retour au pays. Ils sont arrivés pendant la nuit en provenance du Mali à la gare d’autobus des Baux maraîchers, à Dakar.
Vancouver Courier – Tima Kurdi Wants Canada to Take More Refugees, Hopes New Book Spotlights Crisis
Canada should take in more refugees, says Tima Kurdi, the aunt of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi who died with his brother and mother while fleeing to Greece in 2015. The photo of Alan’s tiny body washed up on a Turkish beach was a bombshell that focused global attention on the Syrian refugee crisis. Kurdi, a Vancouver resident, says Canada could — and should — do more to help.
Le Monde – Le traitement des migrants par la Hongrie critiqué dans un rapport du Conseil de l’Europe
Le rapport d’un groupe d’experts dénonce la détention de migrants dans des camps à la frontière de la Serbie. Ce n’est pas la première fois que Budapest est critiqué pour son traitement des migrants. Connue pour son hostilité à l’accueil de migrants, la Hongrie vient d’être épinglée par un rapport du Conseil de l’Europe pour les conditions de détention de ces derniers. Le pays doit […].
