Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
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.
Montreal Gazette – “Forgotten Refugees” want to be Recognized in Canada without a Hearing
The refugee claimants, from all over the world, are what are known as “legacy” claimants because they filed for refugee status before the new refugee determination regime came into force in December 2012. While under the new system, a claimant must be given a hearing within 60 days — or in some cases 30 days — the legacy claimants, judged low priority by the Immigration and Refugee Board, have been waiting in limbo for five years.
CTV News – Family Reunification Lottery had 95,000 Applicants, 10,000 Selected
Of the more than 95,000 people who applied to bring a parent or grandparent to Canada, 10,000 individuals have now been randomly selected under the new family reunification lottery system that some are calling unfair. The lottery system was introduced by the Liberal government as a way of alleviating sponsorship application backlogs under the old, first-come, first-serve system. […] The 10,000 randomly selected individuals now have 90 days to submit their full applications to sponsor a parent or a grandparent.
Reuters – Asylum-Seekers Fleeing U.S. may find Cold Comfort in Canada’s Court
Their time in the United States could count against them when they apply for asylum in Canada, according to a Reuters review of Canadian federal court rulings on asylum seekers and interviews with refugee lawyers. In 2016, 160 asylum cases came to the federal courts after being rejected by refugee tribunals. Of those, 33 had been rejected in part because the applicants had spent time in the United States, the Reuters review found.
Le Figaro – Un nouveau décret de Donald Trump sur l’immigration bloqué par la justice
Le président américain souhaitait mettre fin aux «villes sanctuaires», qui ne pourchassent pas les sans-papiers, en les privant de financements fédéraux. C’est une nouvelle entrave à la politique anti-immigration de Donald Trump. Un juge a suspendu le décret présidentiel destiné à couper les subventions aux «villes sanctuaires», qui […].
Capital and Main – Fire and ICE: Hiding in Plain Sight
ICE employs what it calls a sensitive location policy, which dictates that agents should take considerable measures to avoid enforcement actions at hospitals, schools and churches. Yet since Trump assumed office, ICE has detained a woman at a hospital, a father a few blocks from his daughters’ schools and a group of men leaving a church shelter where they were keeping warm.
CBC – Kellie Leitch Vows to Deport Border Crossers after Visit to Manitoba Border Town
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch is vowing to deport asylum seekers who are caught sneaking into Canada, following a visit to the Manitoba town that’s been a hotspot for border crossers. […] Hundreds of asylum seekers have crossed the border near Emerson so far this year. Manitoba RCMP took 331 asylum seekers into custody from Jan.1 to March 31 alone.
