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.
CTV News – Trump Wants to Enlist Local Police in Deportation Force
To build his highly touted deportation force, U.S. President Donald Trump is reviving a long-standing program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law. The program received scant attention during a week in which Trump announced plans to build a border wall, hire thousands more federal agents and impose restrictions on refugees from Middle Eastern countries. But the program could end up having a significant impact on immigration enforcement around the country, despite falling out of favour in recent years amid complaints that it promotes racial profiling.
The Guardian (UK) – Merkel “Explains” refugee COnvention to Trump in Phone Call
Donald Trump’s executive order to halt travel from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia – has provoked a wave of concern and condemnation from international leaders and politicians. A spokesman for Angela Merkel said the German chancellor regretted Trump’s decision to ban citizens of certain countries from entering the US, adding that she had “explained” the obligations of the refugee convention to the new president in a phone call on Saturday.
Global News – 20,000 Lives “On Hold” Due to U.S. Temporary Refugee Ban: UNHCR
An estimated 20,000 people will be directly affected by the United States’ decision to stop admitting refugees, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. These are people who would have been scheduled to be resettled in the United States over the next four months, but whose immediate futures are in doubt after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 27 temporarily suspending all resettlement of refugees in the country for 120 days.
Montreal Gazette – Quebec Immigration Lawyers Want Canada Out of Safe Third Country Agreement
A Quebec association of immigration lawyers is calling upon Canada to withdraw from the Safe Third Country Agreement in the wake of a series of immigration orders issued by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Global News – Canada Should Suspend Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., says B.C. Group
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is speaking out today following Donald Trump’s travel ban. It wants to see Canada suspend a high-profile refugee agreement with the U.S. The ‘Safe Third Country’ agreement with the U.S.allows both countries to acknowledge that each country is a safe place for refugees to land. The refugee would make their claim to stay in the first North American country where they land – whether that is the U.S. or Canada.
The New York Times – As Canada Transforms, an Anti-Immigrant Fringe Stirs
Canada has witnessed a flurry of nationalist groups proliferating in recent years, including the Soldiers of Odin, a white nationalist group that began in Finland. While the Canadian group has denied racist beliefs and members have participated in community foot patrols in cities like Edmonton and Vancouver, its main Canada Facebook page has anti-Muslim screeds and derogatory references to immigrants.
