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.


Edmonton Journal – Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador Take Action to Help Newcomers Get Jobs in Their Fields

Foreign-trained workers in Newfoundland and Labrador will get help to have their foreign credentials recognized, allowing them to get good jobs in their fields, under an agreement signed today between the Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Minister of Advanced Education and Skills.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20160722C2286&filter=5599

The Globe and Mail – Integral to Canada’s Economy, Immigrants Deserve More Support

Twenty-seven thousand Syrians so far; by this year’s end, perhaps 50,000. This is the tradition of Canadian refugee policy at its best. Somewhere between 30,000 and 70,000 at a time: the Vietnamese boat people in 1979-80, the Czechs in 1968, the Hungarians in 1956, the Vietnam War non-consenting Americans, Chileans, Ismailis, Tamils. That refugee tradition goes back to the almost 50,000 United Empire Loyalists in the 18th century.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/integral-to-canadas-economy-immigrants-deserve-more-support/article31079752/

 

Reuters Canada – Nearly 3,000 Dead in Mediterranean Already This Year: IOM

Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea already this year while almost 250,000 have reached Europe, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday. The estimated death toll could put 2016 on track to be the deadliest year of the migration crisis.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN1020Z0

Reuters Canada – Hungarian PM Rallies Diaspora in Bid to Vote Down EU Migrant Quotas

Prime Minister Viktor Orban is rallying support among ethnic Hungarians in central Europe as he pushes for the rejection of European Union migrant quotas in a referendum on Oct. 2. At home, Orban, 53, is running a billboard campaign urging Hungarians to vote against what his government has called a dangerous European Commission proposal to distribute migrants and refugees across EU member states.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN1021E0

The Telegram – Province Focuses on Recognizing Immigrants’ Credentials

Byrne said that as the government works on making credential recognition easier for immigrants, it’s important to note that doesn’t mean relaxing Canadian qualifications standards. More broadly, he acknowledged there’s a concerted effort to more aggressively court immigrants to come to Newfoundland and Labrador. The previous government published a population growth strategy just before it was voted out of office, and Byrne said the Liberal administration is using parts of that, but with a different focus.

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2016-07-22/article-4595576/Province-focuses-on-recognizing-immigrants%26rsquo%3B-credentials/1