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.
Vice News – Soldiers of Odin, Europe’s Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Beginning to Form Cells in Canada
Amira Elghawaby of the National Council of Canadian Muslims explains that this isn’t the first time that a foreign anti-immigration, or anti-Islamic, group has come to Canada and tried to establish itself. She references the anti-Islamic group Pegida that came here but couldn’t find any traction. She says that “gives a lot of Canadians a lot of hope.” Elghawaby cites stories like the Ontario community of Peterborough rallying around the Muslim community after a mosque was torched, and people gathering to clean up after someone spraypainted “Go Home” on a local mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta.
Reuters Canada – Migrant Influx into Italy from Libya Resurging: IOM
Almost 6,000 migrants and refugees have sailed from Libya to Italy in the past three days in what appears the start of a wave of at least 100,000 and “possibly many, many more” this year, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday.
CBC – Thunder Bay Multicultural Association Prepares to Take On Refugees
The head of the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association says they’re busily preparing for the arrival of refugees from Syria and Burma. Earlier this week, the federal government announced that Thunder Bay was being added as a temporary Resettlement Assistance Program centre.The association has “shown that they have the services in place to accept government-assisted refugees,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada stated in a news release.
A $16-million RCMP project to help keep dangerous refugees out of Canada has turned out to be an expensive security flop. An internal evaluation says the screening project delivered information too late, strayed beyond its mandate, and in the end did almost nothing to catch refugees who might be linked to criminal or terrorist groups.
CBC – P.E.I. Syrian Refugees Settling into New Lives
About 200 Syrian refugees have arrived on the Island and the focus is now on integrating them into the community, say officials with the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada. Most of the refugees have a place to live, children are attending school or daycare and adults are in language training. The association has been holding sports events for the children of Syrian newcomers, and information sessions for the adults.
Radio-Canada – Des médecins étrangers refusés, des postes en résidence laissés vacants
Une forte proportion de médecins formés à l’étranger ont de nouveau été refusés cette année par les facultés de médecine québécoises, même si de nombreux postes de résidents sont vacants. La dermatologue Sanaa Nasrallah a 13 ans d’expérience en Syrie et en Arabie saoudite à titre de médecin. Arrivée au Québec en 2010 avec son mari […].
