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.
Global News – Overwhelming Majority of Canadians say Refugee Rules must Change: Ipsos Poll
Over 90 per cent of Canadians think the government’s current approach to dealing with asylum seekers in Canada needs to change, a new poll from Ipsos reveals. While respondents to the survey were sharply divided on exactly how the rules should be adjusted, just 8 per cent said they were content with the status quo as more and more asylum seekers make their way across the border illegally.
CBC – Safe Third Country AGreement to Stay, Pledges Immigration Minister
As the debate over the future of asylum seekers in Canada continues, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has once again rejected calls to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, a pact which considers asylum-seekers to be safe in both Canada and the U.S. “[The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] supports our position and they’ve said very clearly the U.S. domestic asylum system provides due process both in Canada and the U.S.,” said Hussen while at a citizenship ceremony in Vancouver.
The Province – “We Have Capacity to Deal with Asylum Seekers,” says Immigration Minister
As hundreds of asylum seekers continue to slip across the American border into B.C., the federal immigration minister is promising that Canada has the resources to handle all of the new arrivals.
A recent report from researchers at Ryerson University suggests implementation of the city’s policy has been inconsistent. Frontline staff members still don’t have a comprehensive understanding of the rules — and neither do many of the residents they’re trying to serve.
Times Colonist – UVic’s International Students Cry Foul as Fee Increases Approved
Despite pleas to the board of governors, international students at the University of Victoria have been handed a tuition-fee increase twice that given to domestic students. The increases were part of a budget package that was passed in its entirety Tuesday by the board, with a four-per-cent increase for international students and two per for domestic. Students gathered and held signs outside the board’s meeting room at the UVic Centre and sat in during the vote.
Toronto Star – Central European Leaders Reject EU Migration Rules
Leaders from Central Europe said Tuesday they reject a European Union policy that calls for all member states to take in refugees, protesting suggestions that the level of their compliance could be linked to the availability of EU funds to them.
