Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Des membres de la communauté somalienne du Minnesota, un État américain qui est limitrophe du Manitoba, ne s’étonnent pas de la hausse soudaine de demandeurs d’asile qui bravent les éléments pour tenter d’entrer illégalement au Canada. Mohamud Noor, directeur général de la Confédération des Somaliens du Minnesota, explique que certaines personnes n’ont parfois […].

http://www.lactualite.com/actualites/decret-trump-sur-limmigration-les-somaliens-du-minnesota-sont-inquiets/

L’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF) clarifiera la situation du financement du Réseau en immigration (RIF) de la Saskatchewan auprès de ses députés communautaires vendredi soir. En décembre, l’ACF annonçait que le financement de ce réseau d’aide aux nouveaux arrivants allait se poursuivre par le biais d’un autre organisme à partir du 1er avril 2017 […].

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1017550/reseau-immigration-francophone-acf

Manitobans are responding to a call for help from the province’s strained refugee services amid a continuing surge of people crossing the border illegally from the United States. The Winnipeg Foundation announced $33,000 in emergency grants on Monday to support the needs of refugee claimants. The announcement followed the arrival of 21 people over the weekend, largely originating from African countries, who made refugee claims in Manitoba, plus another five on Monday, according to border officials.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/winnipeg-steps-up-with-aid-for-refugees-denied-us-asylum/article34014545/

President Donald Trump’s mass immigration raids—which have swept up longtime residents with no criminal histories, including an undocumented immigrant with license to live and work legally in the U.S.—have also led to the arrest of a Texas woman obtaining a restraining order against an abusive partner. […] County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal told the El Paso Times that the woman’s arrest may now scare other undocumented immigrants facing domestic violence to stay with their partners out of fear of being deported or separated from their families. […] It is unclear if the woman was arrested while obtaining the order, or on the street, the newspaper notes, but she is now being held in the El Paso County Jail under an ICE detainer.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/02/16/ice-raids-may-scare-abuse-survivors-staying-partners-advocates-fear?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

A physician’s organization wants a review of an agreement that it says is preventing refugees coming from the U.S. to seek asylum in CanSada. The College of Family Physicians of Canada says it is worried about the health of migrants who have suffered from exposure to extreme winter cold after crossing into Manitoba and other provinces. Dr. David White, president of the college, says the Safe Third Country Agreement needs to be reviewed due to uncertainty about the U.S. order to place travel restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/doctors-want-safe-third-country-agreement-reviewed-1.3986994

L’Accueil francophone organise une tournée de plusieurs mois dans la province pour faire découvrir les communautés rurales aux nouveaux arrivants. « Nous avons rencontré des gens qui sont au Manitoba depuis cinq ans et qui n’ont pas quitté Winnipeg. Or il y a une vie en dehors de Winnipeg, et c’est ce qu’on veut faire découvrir » […].

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1017208/accueil-francophone-rural-francophone-nouveaux-arrivants