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.
Al Jazeera – Rohingya refugees from Myanmar tell of trauma
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Outside this town by the Bay of Bengal, we kept bumping into fresh arrivals when we visited the camps for Rohingya refugees fleeing a security crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar. Many of them said they were from the village of Kearipara in Myanmar. From the sounds of it, that village has been utterly devastated.
All of them shared similar stories: watching family members get murdered, hiding without eating for days, and having their homes burned down. Several told us about having to sell their valuables – rings, piercings, earrings, whatever they had on them – to facilitate a safe passage into Bangladesh. The route, which was always difficult and deadly, has become even more problematic.
Le Devoir – Plus de 7000 réfugiés syriens attendent de venir au Québec
Sprint final ; la ministre québécoise de l’Immigration promet que quelque 400 réfugiés syriens vont arriver d’ici le 31 décembre, ce qui permet d’atteindre la cible de 7300 pour 2015-2016. Or, la priorité sera donnée aux réfugiés pris en charge par l’État et non aux réfugiés parrainés au privé par des familles québécoises, qui devront prendre leur mal en patience jusqu’en 2017.
Toronto Star – Honeymoon for Syrian refugees over as ‘Month 13’ looms
For many of the 35,000 Syrians who have arrived in the country — 15,000 in Ontario — since Canada started bringing in planeloads of newcomers last Dec. 9, what is commonly known in the refugee resettlement circle as “Month 13” is looming. After a year of being warmly welcomed into local communities across the country, the 12-month financial commitment to these refugees by Ottawa and private sponsorship groups will start to come to an end. Many of the adult Syrian newcomers will be faced with the reality of choosing between quitting English classes, working or living off provincial welfare — an income that is less than the meagre resettled refugee assistance they currently receive from the federal government.
CBC – Ex-detainees, supporters form human chain demanding end to indefinite immigration detention
Strangers bundled in parkas and scarves joined hands in sub-zero temperatures, forming a human chain around the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre on Saturday and demanding an end to the indefinite detention of immigrants in Canada. More than 150 people — including former detainees and family members of some of those currently inside — gathered outside the medium-security facility in Rexdale on International Human Rights Day calling for a no more than 90-day limit to detentions as a first step to ending them completely and to show their solidarity with some 138 detainees inside its walls, according to End Immigration Detention Network numbers.
Georgia Straight – Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson launches 101 Days of Action against discrimination
On International Human Rights Day, Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson attended a rally at Library Square to mobilize city residents to rise up against discrimination. The mayor and many community leaders in attendance declared that they were signing a pledge called “101 Days of Action”. It calls upon signatories to speak out against hate and discrimination in any form in the period leading up to the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, 2017. “One of Vancouver’s greatest strengths is our diversity. Over the course of the last year we have welcomed refugees from around the world, passed an Access Without Fear policy, and recommitted our efforts to being a City of Reconciliation, but there is more work to be done to ensure Vancouver is a safe and compassionate city for everyone,” Robertson said in a news release. “The 101 Days of Action pledge demonstrates that we believe in shared values of equality, anti-racism, and freedom from injustice. Recent events around the world and close to home have left many of our loved ones feeling vulnerable, and hate can only be overcome when we stand in solidarity and empower each other to speak out—and call out—discrimination when we see it.”
Vancouver Sun – Opinion: Why did Canada increase immigration targets?
A couple of prominent members of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet told me that their government’s immigration policies had been “purely in the interest of the party,” which logically means that they were not in the public interest. There is no doubt that the recently announced increases in immigration by Minister of Immigration John McCallum are also purely the interest of the Liberal party.
So how do politicians get away with making immigration policies that advance their own interests at the expense of the general public? The Liberals just showed us how to do it: Appoint a commission of experts with a fancy name like Advisory Council on Economic Growth, staff it with people you know to be in favour of vastly more immigration, publicize the council’s recommendation, and wait for some Libertarians like Terrance Corcoran and Andrew Coyne to support it enthusiastically in the mass media. Then have the Minister of Immigration appear moderate and wise by announcing an increase in immigration by only 15.4 per cent, from 260,000 to 300,000, rather than the 73 per cent to 450,000 recommended by the council.
