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.


Le Figaro – Des membres d’Emmaüs traversent le détroit de Gibraltar en kayak et à la nage pour les migrants

Des dizaines de compagnons de l’association Emmaüs ont rejoint samedi le Maroc depuis l’Espagne. Par ce voyage symbolique, ils entendaient rappeler que la libre-circulation figure dans la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2017/09/08/01003-20170908ARTFIG00290-des-membres-d-emmauumls-traversent-le-detroit-de-gibraltar-en-kayak-et-a-la-nage-pour-les-migrants.php

CBC News – Hurricane Could Prompt Canada to Suspend Deportations of Failed Asylum Seekers

Canada could indefinitely suspend deportations to Haiti and other countries devastated by Hurricane Irma, according to federal provisions that halt removals to nations deemed too dangerous because of conflict or disaster. Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, said the Canada Border Services Agency will not deport anyone who has had their refugee claim rejected, or is deemed inadmissible to Canada, to a country coping with a hurricane. After the storm has passed, an evaluation will be carried out on the ground to determine its impact.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hurricane-irma-haiti-asylum-1.4278568

CBC News – Number of Rohingya Refugees Crossing into Bangladesh Swells to 270,000

The UN said Friday that an “alarming number” of 270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar by crossing into Bangladesh in the last two weeks. The new figure confirmed Friday by UN Refugee Agency spokesperson Vivian Tan is much higher than the 164,000 the agency had previously estimated had arrived since Aug. 25. “This is an alarming number,” Tan said. “The existing camps are full to the capacity. There is a lot of pressure on relief agencies to accommodate the rising numbers.”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rohingya-myanmar-bangladesh-1.4280333

Winnipeg Free Press – American Family Gets Another Chance to Stay in Canada

Ottawa’s decision to give an American family with a medically inadmissible child a second chance to stay in Canada came as a huge relief Thursday. The Warkentin family, faced with a looming deportation deadline, learned this week Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is allowing them to renew their application for permanent residency.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/american-family-gets-another-chance-to-stay-in-canada-443073883.html