Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Il a revêtu une belle parka immaculée. Les cheveux blonds de ses enfants sont soigneusement peignés. Aujourd’hui est un grand jour pour Rachid Serbas: ce journaliste kurde va pouvoir déposer une demande d’asile en Hongrie. Lui, sa femme et leurs quatre enfants sont originaires du nord de l’Irak. Ils disent avoir quitté leur pays après avoir reçu des menaces de mort.

http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2017/04/07/dans-les-camps-fermes-de-viktor-orban-les-migrants-revent-encore-d-asile_5107764_3214.html

Lorsqu’elle a appris jeudi soir les représailles américaines à l’attaque chimique de mardi en Syrie, le coeur de Maha Alio s’est arrêté de battre. La réfugiée syrienne de 25 ans, arrivée depuis peu au Canada, craint maintenant que le pire reste à venir. Elle s’inquiète plus que jamais du sort réservé à ses parents et amis qui se trouvent toujours là-bas.

http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/1114751/les-refugies-syriens-sont-morts-dinquietude/

The immigration department has a program which enables Canadians and permanent residents to sponsor family members to come to Canada, but things are often more difficult for refugees. The Canadian Council for Refugees wants the Canadian government to give equal access to family reunification for refugees.

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/04/07/remove-obstacles-to-reuniting-refugee-families-ask-advocates/

Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo has announced his administration no longer supports the U.S. military buildup on the island because of the federal government’s high rate of denials for temporary foreign worker visa applications. […] The new labour policies adopted under President Barack Obama’s administration has led to many foreign workers being sent home. There are about 180 H-2B visas active, compared to 1,200 from the same time last year, according to Calvo’s statement.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/world/2017/04/07/guam-governor-wants-feds-to-address-foreign-worker-visas.html

The Tory government says it’s making the provincial nominee program — Manitoba’s major source of immigration — quicker, smarter and more efficient. Applications to the program will now cost $500, but be processed more quickly, Education and Training Minister Ian Wishart said at a press conference Thursday in Winnipeg. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) — which uses a points system to select skilled workers according to their ability to get established economically and set down roots in Manitoba — will be more in sync with the labour market and make the path to permanent residence quicker for international students, he said.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/province-speeds-up-nominee-program-418595833.html

Tens of thousands of children could benefit from a proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act to allow Canadian residents under the age of 18 to apply on their own for Canadian citizenship, say advocates. Ontario Senator Victor Oh proposed legislation on Thursday that asks Canada to follow the lead of Norway and make it possible for minors to apply for citizenship separately from their parents.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/family-child/proposed+would+allow+children+apply+canadian/13284672/story.html