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.


La Presse – Les arrestations de migrants clandestins ont bondi au Québec

Des données rendues publiques vendredi révèlent un glissement dans les arrestations de migrants clandestins par la Gendarmerie royale du Canada. En juin, la quantité de personnes appréhendées après avoir illégalement franchi la frontière canadienne a bondi au Québec […].

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201707/21/01-5118189-les-arrestations-de-migrants-clandestins-ont-bondi-au-quebec.php

Le Monde – À Paris, au bord du canal Saint-Martin, le « Petit Kaboul » se remplit

« Romantique ? » Le terme ne viendrait pas à l’esprit de Latif pour raconter le canal Saint-Martin, l’écluse ou l’Hôtel du Nord. « Bobo ? » La sonorité du mot le fait sourire mais, intraduisible en pachto, le concept le laisse interdit.

http://www.lemonde.fr/immigration-et-diversite/article/2017/07/21/a-paris-au-bord-du-canal-saint-martin-le-petit-kaboul-se-remplir_5163345_1654200.html

BBC News – Canada Campaign to Reunite Yazidi Boy with Refugee Mother

Nofa Mihlo Rafo arrived in Canada this year as a refugee with four of her six children. She was separated from her husband and two eldest sons after their town was captured by the so-called Islamic State in 2014. She learned this week that one missing son is still alive after a relative alerted her to a photo posted online.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40651185

Toronto Star – Immigration Backlog Keeps Live-in Caregivers from Their Families Back Home

According to the immigration department, there are currently 29,000 foreign caregivers caught up in permanent residency backlog and they wait an average of 53 months to have their applications processed. “They are waiting and waiting and waiting. The backlog is astounding,” said MP Jenny Kwan, the NDP opposition immigration critic, at a Toronto news conference on Thursday. The conference was held to urge the Liberal government to put in the resources to process these caregivers’ permanent residence applications.

https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/07/20/immigration-backlog-keeps-live-in-caregivers-from-their-families-back-home.html

National Post – Burundi Teens Go Missing at D.C. Robotics Contest – Two Spotted Crossing into Canada

Police have received reports that two of the Burundi teenagers gone missing after an international robotics competition have been seen crossing the border into Canada. There was no indication Thursday that the teens intend to overstay their visas or apply for political asylum in the U.S., but if they do, the process could take years, according to Hassan Ahmad, an immigration lawyer in northern Virginia not involved in the situation.

http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/burundi-robotics-team-missing-after-competition-in-dc/wcm/f2d0c317-7a1c-45e3-a432-f3792d967946