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.


CBC News – Fewer Asylum Seekers Crossing into Quebec Illegally, CBSA Says

After an unprecedented spike in the number of asylum seekers crossing the border into Quebec illegally in early August, the Canada Border Services Agency says those numbers are now dropping. Border agents are now handing the claims of 50 to 100 asylum seekers per day. While the number of refugee claimants has been on the decline since the end of last week, the CBSA said it’s still taking the situation day by day.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-asylum-seekers-numbers-down-1.4270211

CTV News – Ottawa Sharing Info with U.S. on All Americans Entering Canada

Canada’s border agency has quietly begun sharing information with U.S. Homeland Security about the thousands of American citizens who cross into Canada each day. Before long, Washington is expected to provide Ottawa with similar information about Canadians entering the United States. The exchanges are intended to bolster security and help enforce laws, though advocates for privacy and civil liberties are concerned about the potential for abuse.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ottawa-sharing-info-with-u-s-on-all-americans-entering-canada-1.3570542

Le Monde – En Algérie, la souffrance et l’impuissance des familles de migrants kidnappés en Libye

Il est assis, seul dans la pièce, face à un mur bleu. Les coudes sur la table, téléphone dans une main, cigarette dans l’autre. Martin* est camerounais. Il vit à Oran, en Algérie, depuis sept ans. Il a vu les migrants, comme lui, s’installer en Algérie, plus nombreux depuis 2011.

http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2017/08/31/en-algerie-la-souffrance-et-l-impuissance-des-familles-de-migrants-kidnappes-en-libye_5179182_3212.html

Radio-Canada – Université franco-ontarienne : un atout pour attirer les immigrants francophones?

La création de l’Université de l’Ontario français (UFO) suscite non seulement l’intérêt des Franco-ontariens, mais aussi des associations ethnoculturelles francophones. Certaines associations y voient déjà une occasion d’intégration pour les nouveaux arrivants qui ont à coeur de préserver leur première langue.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1053335/universite-franco-ontarienne-immigrants-francophones-maroc-afrique-asie

UNHCR – Freed Iraqi Boy Settles into New Life in Canada

Thirteen-year-old Emad Tammo spent three years in captivity after he and his family, who are Yazidi, were abducted by extremists in August 2014. Following Emad’s discovery during the final days of the battle to retake the city of Mosul, officials from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, identified him and helped to reunite him with his mother in Canada, where she and his siblings had been resettled earlier this year. Following an emotional reunion with his family at Winnipeg International Airport, Emad has spent his first two weeks in Canada adjusting to his new life.

http://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2017/8/59a5d3794/freed-iraqi-boy-settles-new-life-canada.html

CBC News – Refugee Claimants Facing Housing Crisis as Some Landlords Refuse to Rent

At least 12 refugee claimants in Halifax are facing a housing crisis because some landlords are refusing to rent to them, according to workers at the Halifax Refugee Clinic. “It’s illegal in Nova Scotia for landlords to discriminate due to someone’s race or religion or family status, but it happens. They do,” Gillian Smith, the clinic’s settlement co-ordinator, said in an interview.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/refugee-housing-homelessness-shelters-crisis-landlords-1.4267312