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.
CBC Radio – Canadian Cities are Failing to Deliver on the Promise of Being Sanctuary Cities
If Winnipeg joins Canada’s other sanctuary cities — Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, London and Vancouver — it will be making a commitment to provide services to undocumented residents without putting them at risk of being deported. Should they encounter the police, their immigration status would not be an issue. They wouldn’t be detained or reported to federal authorities, and they wouldn’t be asked for proof of their status. That, in theory, is the essence of the sanctuary movement. In practice though, there’s evidence it isn’t working in Canada.
Winnipeg immigration lawyer Alastair Clarke also disputed the notion the country’s security is being put at risk by allowing asylum seekers — whether they enter the country legally or not. “There’s no evidence of that at all,” Clarke said. “As far as I’m concerned, the rhetoric that the refugee claimants who are crossing the border pose security risk or national risk is unfounded. And generally speaking, any reports that point fingers of potential security risks… turn out to be unfounded or grossly exaggerated.”
CTV News – Fact Check: How are Refugee Claimants Vetted in Canada?
Recent calls for a crackdown on the system are unnecessary given that all refugee claimants, regardless of where they “show up” along the border, are subject to extensive screening in Canada, says Sharryn Aiken, law professor at Queen’s University and an expert on immigration and refugee law. Whether crossing an unguarded border or coming from overseas, no one gets a “free pass” coming into Canada, Aiken said, because asylum-seekers aren’t allowed to pursue a refugee claim until a screening is completed.
CTV News – UN Agency Monitoring Refugee Situation at Canada-U.S. Border
The United Nations refugee agency is keeping a careful eye on the situation at informal crossings along the Canada-U-S border where dozens of people have been arriving in recent weeks in search of asylum. However, it’s the perception of what’s happening rather than the reality that troubles the agency’s representative in Ottawa, who spent a day observing people making their way through one such crossing in Quebec. Jean-Nicolas Beuze points to a risk that a false public narrative could form around whether Canada has the capacity to deal with an influx of new refugees.
Toronto Star – Refugee Vetting in U.S. and Canada Already “Extreme,” Experts Say
Despite the general impression that Canada has more tolerant and lax border security than its neighbour to the south, experts on both sides of the border say the countries have similar security screening processes to keep suspected terrorists and criminals out. […] “We’ve had a very close partnership with Canada. Canadians are our trusted counterparts. Obviously there’s a tremendous amount of information-sharing between our intelligence and law enforcement services,” said John Sandweg, former acting general counsel to the Department of Homeland Security and former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Toronto Star – High Fees Blamed for Sharp Decrease in Canadian Citizenship Applications
The number of immigrants applying for citizenship has plunged by a whopping 50 per cent at the same time as Ottawa has stripped a record number of Canadians of their citizenship. According to the latest data from the Immigration Department, only 56,446 new citizenship applications were received in the first nine months of last year, a sharp decline from the 111,993 during the same period in 2015.
