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 Devoir – Le Brésil craint un afflux massif d’immigrés vénézuéliens

Le ministre de la Défense du Brésil, Raul Jungmann, a affirmé mercredi qu’il se préparait à un possible afflux massif d’immigrés en provenance du Venezuela en cas d’aggravation du conflit politique et social qui secoue le pays voisin. « Il faut espérer que les choses s’amélioreront, mais nous devons nous préparer au cas où elles se détérioreront » […].

http://www.ledevoir.com/international/actualites-internationales/499016/le-bresil-craint-un-afflux-massif-d-immigres-venezueliens

La Presse – L’ONU peine à faire face au flux « énorme » d’Irakiens fuyant Mossoul

Le flux de civils déplacés de Mossoul ravagée par les combats a atteint des niveaux inédits et les humanitaires peinent à aider ceux dans le besoin, a indiqué jeudi la coordinatrice humanitaire de l’ONU en Irak. Les forces irakiennes appuyées par une coalition internationale antidjihadistes conduite par Washington ont lancé le 17 octobre une offensive pour chasser les djihadistes […].

http://www.lapresse.ca/international/dossiers/le-groupe-etat-islamique/201705/18/01-5099164-lonu-peine-a-faire-face-au-flux-enorme-dirakiens-fuyant-mossoul.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B13b_le-groupe-etat-islamique_2607400_section_POS2

Toronto Star – Former Tory Government’s Refugee Reforms Get Failing Grade

Five years after Ottawa rolled out controversial reforms to build a “faster and fairer” asylum system, also meant to boot out failed refugees quickly, the verdict is in. Despite the highly-touted changes made by the former Conservative government in 2012, the revamped refugee system has failed to hear claims within tight statutory processing timelines or get rid of the backlog, reports a new study released by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/05/17/former-tory-governments-refugee-reforms-get-failing-grade.html

Toronto Star – Lengthy Immigration Detention Needed to Ensure Public Safety, Federal Lawyers Argue

Facing a constitutional challenge and widespread criticism from humanitarian organizations, government lawyers defended Canada’s immigration detention system in Federal Court on Tuesday, saying indefinite detention is necessary to ensure public safety. Government lawyers argued that while long-term detentions do occur, they are not systemic and are usually caused by the detainee themselves.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/17/lengthy-immigration-detention-needed-to-ensure-public-safety-federal-lawyers-argue.html

CBC News – ‘Last Resort’: Why Canada Indefinitely Jails Immigration Detainees, Including Kids

The federal government is in the final phase of consultations to “transform” Canada’s immigration detention policies, just as Alvin Brown’s landmark legal challenge tries to end the contentious practice of indefinitely jailing detainees. Brown’s case is raising fresh questions about why some people are held for so long, under what conditions, and what the government is doing to limit indefinite incarceration when it comes to immigration cases.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-immigration-detention-1.4115511

Toronto Star – Federal Audit Finds Oversight Problems in Foreign Worker Program

Canada’s temporary foreign workers program is rife with oversight problems that appear to have allowed lower-paid international workers to take jobs that out-of-work Canadians could fill, the federal auditor general says. Michael Ferguson’s examination of the controversial program, part of a battery of spring audits tabled Tuesday, details a litany of problems.

https://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2017/05/16/federal-audit-finds-oversight-problems-in-foreign-worker-program.html