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.
Plutôt que de débattre du nombre d’immigrants à accueillir — les fameux seuils qui divisent les partis politiques depuis quelques jours —, le gouvernement devrait se concentrer sur les manières d’appliquer sa nouvelle politique d’immigration sur le terrain, autant à Montréal qu’en région, ont souligné d’une même voix les quatre experts […].
After living amid the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey for a year after graduating from the University of Toronto, Nouhaila Chelkhaoui knew she wanted to help make a positive impact on the lives of newcomers. Her return to Toronto gave her the opportunity to do just that, as she joined U of T startup iamsick’s newest initiative, which helps refugees navigate Canada’s complex healthcare system.
Gov. Gen. David Johnston says he was initially worried that the niqab debate and the tone of the discussion about the Syrian refugee crisis during the election would hurt Canada’s reputation as a fair and inclusive society. […] Johnston added that even though the niqab debate has passed he remains concerned about the possible introduction of ideas that would hurt Canada’s reputation.
“I continue to worry about any initiatives that would cause us to be small-minded, and to lose that sense of A, inclusiveness, B, fairness, C, equality of opportunity,” Johnston said, while warning against any sense of complacency.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/david-johnston-niqab-refugee-1.3534024
Just because Syrian refugees don’t live in refugee camps, and instead end up renting pseudo-apartments, does not mean they don’t need our help. First, there are only a few camps in Lebanon; some are in Beirut or big cities that are unaffordable for most refugees. Second, those outside of the camps are in dire need and often in worse situation than those living inside the camps as there is less access to UN assistance, and little or no protection or access to education for children, among other concerns.
Currently, Bulgarians and Romanians must still apply for visas before they visit Canada and U.S. immigration extends that requirement to include Poland, Croatia and Cyprus. […] The deadline for Canada and the United States to remove the discriminatory measures expired Today (Tuesday) but faced with continued North American intransigence, a college of European Commissioners delayed until July 12, the decision to bite back with retaliatory visa requirements for Americans and Canadians.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is leaving the door cracked open to new solutions for supervising the Canada Border Services Agency, amid calls from within the Senate, opposition and civil rights and refugee groups for a different solution from the parliamentary oversight committee promised by the government. The deaths of two immigration detainees in less than one week last month renewed long-standing calls for better oversight of the border agency, which grants its officers significant powers of arrest, detention, search, and seizure but is not supervised by any agency outside government.
https://www.hilltimes.com/2016/04/13/goodale-keeping-options-open-for-cbsa-oversight/57986