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.


Reuters – Private Sponsorship of Refugees Grows, Along with Resettlement Needs

Britain and Argentina are among a growing number of countries allowing ordinary citizens to pay for refugee care, lodging and other assistance, as global resettlement needs outstrip places available 13-fold, a Canadian-led initiative said. Ireland, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates also plan to allow so-called private sponsorship, like Canada, where individuals and organizations can resettle refugees in addition to those brought in by the government, it said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-refugees-sponsorship/private-sponsorship-of-refugees-grows-along-with-resettlement-needs-idUSKCN1BU23D

Toronto Star – Canada Not Ready for Second-Wave of Asylum Seekers, Union Head Warns

Canada is not ready to handle a second wave of Latin American asylum seekers who may already be starting to flee the United States, says the head of Canada’s border-guard union. In September, Fortin said, the flow of people crossing the Canada-U.S. border had slowed to about 90 people a day. He estimated that less than a quarter of those are Haitian nationals. Instead, they are increasingly citizens of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua—three countries whose citizens are also eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the U.S., but who are equally concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will not renew their status when it expires between January and March 2018.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/19/5712-asylum-seekers-crossed-canada-us-border-in-august.html

CBC News – A Syrian Man’s Desperate Plea, A Former Refugee’s Answer

One year ago, Muhammad Ubyed walked into Taco Pica and asked for a job. Freshly arrived in Saint John from Syria just a few months before, the 20-year-old wanted to make himself useful. “I am a hard worker, if you want me,” he told owner Santos Ruyan. Born in the small Guatemalan city of Santa Cruz Balanyá, in 1980 Santos Ruyan was forced to flee genocide by government forces during Guatemala’s civil war. Meeting Ubyed, he thought, “that is how I feel when the first time I came in Canada,” Ruyan said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/taco-pica-syrian-food-saint-john-1.4291483

National Post – Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Involving 450 Foreign Workers Who Got No Jobs

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has certified a class-action lawsuit against Mac’s Convenience Stores and three immigration consultants alleged to have collected thousands of dollars from foreign workers who were promised jobs that didn’t exist. A written decision posted Tuesday says the case involves employment contracts for work at Mac’s stores in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program. The plaintiffs represent about 450 workers.

http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/court-certifies-class-action-suit-involving-450-foreign-workers-who-got-no-jobs

CBC News – Canada Has Its Own ‘Dreamers,’ but No Program to Protect Them

Although Trump’s move to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy — a decision he has since hinted he will revisit — has been controversial, Cohen points out Canada does not have a similar program that protects children brought here illegally. “We need to look at ourselves and realize we’re not doing anything either for young children who are here without status,” he said. He suspects the vast majority of people living here illegally who came to Canada as children are too afraid to come forward.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/daca-immigration-canada-1.4293282