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A bill that requires people in Quebec who give or receive any public service to uncover their faces has been adopted into law. The vote was passed Wednesday at the National Assembly in Quebec City. Many important details still need to be crafted, and its implications may be decided by the courts.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burqa-niqab-national-assembly-quebec-liberal-government-stephanie-vallee-1.4357463

Quebec could pass a law that means that Muslim women wearing a burqa or niqab would not be able to use public services—including city buses or the metro—without unveiling. The National Assembly of Quebec could vote as early as Tuesday on Bill 62, a proposed religious neutrality bill, that would ban public workers from wearing any face covering, CBC News reported. If passed, the bill would mean that workers including doctors, nurses and teachers would be barred from wearing the burqa, niqab or any other face covering. But it would also mean that people using public services—including transport—would have to have their faces on display.

http://www.newsweek.com/wearing-veil-quebec-muslim-women-686452

582 000 Rohingyas ont fui la Birmanie pour se réfugier au Bangladesh voisin depuis le 25 août, a annoncé mardi l’ONU, qui s’inquiète de la situation de milliers de personnes bloquées à la frontière. Ce chiffre est en augmentation de 45 000 réfugiés par rapport au chiffre de 537 000 fourni au cours du week-end, a précisé le Haut-Commissariat de l’ONU aux réfugiés (HCR).

http://www.ledevoir.com/international/actualites-internationales/510572/myanmar-582-000-refugies-rohingyas-au-bangladesh-depuis-fin-aout

La CNCDH est inquiète pour les migrants de France. La Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme, instance nationale de promotion et de protection des droits, « s’alarme de certaines orientations des politiques migratoires envisagées par le nouveau gouvernement et de la multiplication des violations des droits fondamentaux des personnes migrantes observées sur le terrain ».

http://www.lemonde.fr/immigration-et-diversite/article/2017/10/17/migrants-la-cncdh-estime-que-le-gouvernement-nourrit-un-sentiment-de-xenophobie_5202171_1654200.html

The number of asylum seekers walking across the U.S. border into Canada illegally dropped by more than two-thirds in September from August, government data showed on Monday, as officials seek to dispel myths around the country’s refugee system. The decline, to 1,881 from 5,712, brings the total number of border-crossers so far this year to 15,102 – the vast majority entering the primarily French-speaking province of Quebec.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-immigration-border/big-drop-in-asylum-seekers-illegally-crossing-into-canada-in-september-idUSKBN1CL2TW

Toronto’s shelter services have seen an unusual surge of refugee claimants over the past two years, and are struggling to keep up with them. According to a staff report heading to the city’s community development and recreation committee next week, the Shelter, Support, and Housing Administration (SSHA) is projecting that by the end of the year they will have overspent $10.33 million on motel and hotel contracts for the housing of refugee claimants. Staff are recommending that council approve a $19-million funding proposal to prolong the response until the end of next year. City council will vote on the proposal at its November meeting.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/10/17/toronto-shelter-services-under-pressure-from-surge-of-refugee-claimants.html