Media Roundup

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.


Le Monde – En Île-de-France, des grilles pour empêcher les migrants de s’installer

Il ne reste rien de leur passage. Ou presque. Il y a une semaine encore, près de 300 petites tentes occupaient une partie du terre-plein central de l’avenue du Président-Wilson, à La Plaine-Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Plus de 600 migrants avaient trouvé refuge sur ce bout de macadam végétalisé situé à 1 kilomètre du centre humanitaire parisien du boulevard Ney (18e), dont beaucoup avaient été refoulés, faute de place.

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2016/12/23/en-ile-de-france-des-grilles-pour-empecher-les-migrants-de-s-installer_5053191_3224.html

Radio-Canada – L’intégration au sein de la communauté : la clé de l’autonomie pour les réfugiés syriens

L’aide financière du gouvernement fédéral et des parrains privés pour les réfugiés syriens se termine après un an. Certains pourraient demander de l’aide sociale, s’ils n’ont pas trouvé un emploi assez bien rémunéré. Être intégrés dans leur communauté d’accueil est un atout pour pouvoir voler de leurs propres ailes.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1007607/integration-refugie-syrien-sudbury

Montreal Gazette – Obama Scraps ‘Obsolete’ Registry of Immigrant Men That Trump Advisor Wanted to Turn Into a Top Priority

The Obama administration said Thursday it is officially scrapping a post-9-11 requirement for immigrant men from predominantly Muslim countries to register with the federal government. The U.S. hasn’t used the program since 2011, but a top immigration adviser to President-elect Donald Trump has spoken of renewing it. The decision to end the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERs, comes amid growing international terror fears and Trump’s suggestions that he could ban Muslim immigrants from the United States. After a truck attack killed 12 in a Christmas market in Berlin this week, Trump told reporters, “You know my plans.” The program’s elimination could make it more complicated for Trump’s administration to launch its own registration system for Muslims.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/obama+scraps+98obsolete+registry+immigrant+that+trump+advisor/12571975/story.html

Globe & Mail – Three Veterans Launch Suit Alleging Racist Abuse in Canadian Forces

Three veterans say they endured years of racist abuse in the Canadian Forces, including slurs about aboriginals and blacks that were allegedly ignored by superior officers.

The former members have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the military in Federal Court in Halifax. They claim they were subjected to verbal taunts, racial epithets and insults to family members – including one incident in which someone threw bananas at a black member’s spouse on the base in Esquimalt, B.C.

The suit, filed by Marc Frenette, Wallace Fowler and Jean-Pierre Robillard on Dec. 14, accuses superior officers of brushing off the behaviour by “silencing the wrongs” and urging some members not to file complaints. “From top to bottom, the Canadian Forces has failed to protect racial minorities and aboriginal people from racism within the ranks,” the 31-page document states.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-veterans-launch-suit-alleging-racist-abuse-in-canadian-forces/article33424002/

Globe & Mail – Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans Under Fire for Refusal to End Carding

She started as a 19-year-old cadet with Peel Regional Police and grew up in the force. But, by her own account, the most important moments in the education of Chief Jennifer Evans happened during her work outside the force – at inquiries into why police failed to stop Canada’s most notorious serial killers. Asked to examine the cases of Robert Pickton and Paul Bernardo, Chief Evans concluded that communication failures allowed both men to continue to target women.

Yet today, the 53-year-old chief finds herself under fire for the very thing she learned to value most: the collection and sharing of information. She says her ability to listen is a point of pride, but her critics say she doesn’t hear them.

The conflict can be traced to the racially charged issue of carding. The Peel force has called the practice “street checks” or “street interviews” since it officially began in 1993. Now it is simply the “collection of identifying information.” The civilian board that oversees the force – the chief’s boss – passed a motion last year asking her to suspend the practice, no matter what it’s called. She told the board no.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/peel-regional-police-chief-jennifer-evans-under-fire-for-refusal-to-end-carding/article33425584/

Radio-Canada – Des enfants syriens s’adaptent au Canada crayons à la main

Ils sont cinq frères et sœurs. Une fois par semaine, assis autour d’une large table dans une petite salle, Mahmud, 6 ans, Zeina, 9 ans, Janna, 10 ans, Abdulwhab, 12 ans et Mohamed, 13 ans, dessinent crayons et feutres en main les nouveaux contours de leur vie, loin de la guerre. Les jeunes Syriens sont arrivés à Saskatoon il y a trois mois. Ils ont quitté Deir ez-Zor en 2012 avec leurs parents et leurs grands-parents pour se réfugier à Saskatoon après un passage à Urfa, en Turquie.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1007384/enfants-syriens-art-therapie-refugie-saskatchewan