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.
CIC News – New Action Plan Aims to Increase Francophone Immigration Outside of Quebec
A new joint action plan uniting Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments is aiming to raise the number of French-speaking immigrants who are settling outside of Quebec. The plan’s unveiling on Friday, March 2, followed a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for immigration and Canada’s francophone communities. The plan establishes a target that would see French-speaking immigrants constitute 4.4 per cent of all immigrants settling outside of Quebec by 2023.
Global News – Surrey RCMP Charge Man for Alleged Assault of Syrian Refugee
Surrey RCMP say a 52-year-old man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a recent Syrian refugee.
Police say Mark Nijjer was walking near the Newton bus loop when he allegedly elbowed the 18-year-old victim in November 2017. Cpl. Scotty Schumann said the family was surprised with the charge. “When you’re fleeing from a country that’s war-torn like Syria is, and coming to a country like Canada with an excellent reputation… It caught this family off-guard,” he said.
CBC News – Immigrants Who ‘Learned the Hard Way’ Share Business Experience
Layla Rahmeh is taking her volunteer experience with Syrian newcomers, and her own experience as one, to the professional level. She is one of seven founders of a new association catering to the needs of immigrant investors. The New Brunswick Business Immigrants Association, launching Thursday night at the Fredericton Convention Centre, will be a support organization for newcomers who want to start a business here but don’t know where to begin, she said.
Le Figaro – En Israël, la prison ou l’exil : l’impossible choix des migrants d’Holot
Le désert s’étend, infini, autour des baraquements et des barbelés. Une ambiance crépusculaire flotte aux abords du centre de détention de Holot, dans le sud d’Israël, où quelque 800 migrants originaires d’Afrique sont assignés à résidence. Situé aux confins du Néguev, tout au bout d’une route qui vient mourir au pied de la frontière avec l’Égypte, le camp a été créé en 2014 […].
National Post – Partial Amputation of Fingers Price of Man’s Walk to Freedom in Manitoba
Kangni Kouevi walked for more than three hours in the bitter cold on Jan. 5 to cross near the Manitoba border town of Emerson. The RCMP picked him up and took him to the Canada Border Services Agency at Emerson after he called 911 on his cellphone. The Hospitality House Refugee Ministry says Kouevi’s right hand healed but parts of three fingers on his left hand had to be amputated. The former Togo resident is awaiting an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing this June in Winnipeg.
New York Times – How Immigrants Become Truly Canadian: On the Ski Slopes
Eager to embrace the Canadian way of life, or simply to assuage the cabin fever that accompanies the long frigid months, many immigrants are jamming on their ski boots and hazarding a go at their adopted nation’s quintessential winter pastime. “In winter there’s nothing else to do,” said Mahendran Arumugam, who moved to Canada in 2014 from the sweltering Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “There’s no point complaining about snow, so you better start enjoying it, and what better way than to start skiing.”
