Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

The group representing refugee sponsors across Canada is trying to calm frustrated sponsorship groups and give the government more credit for its attempt to respond to complaints about the delayed resettlement of privately sponsored Syrian refugees.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/association-urges-refugee-sponsors-to-be-patient-amid-resettlement-delays/article29520025/

Canada’s new economic immigration selection system has lived up to its “just-in-time” billing by processing most applications from start to finish within the government’s target of six months. According to the one-year report card on the Express Entry system, 80 per cent of cases were processed within that time frame — from the day a complete application was received until a final decision was made by an immigration officer.

http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/04/04/food-talent-a-hot-commodity-for-immigration-to-canada-in-2015.html

À Regina, des groupes de parrainage privés sont exaspérés par le temps que le gouvernement prend pour traiter leur demande de parrainage de réfugiés syriens. La porte-parole du Peace Refugee Group à Regina, Grace Jasper, explique que son groupe de trente donateurs attend depuis deux mois et demi l’arrivée d’une famille syrienne, et n’a toujours pas de réponse.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/saskatchewan/2016/04/03/001-refugies-syriens-parrainage-reponse-saskatchewan.shtml

Plusieurs jeunes Montréalais de la communauté grecque ont profité du défilé soulignant l’indépendance de la Grèce, dimanche, pour envoyer un message d’espoir aux réfugiés qui arrivent par milliers dans ce pays. Ils ont défilé devant plusieurs centaines de personnes arborant le drapeau blanc et bleu de la Grèce sur la rue Jean-Talon […].

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/04/03/des-jeunes-de-montreal-envoient-un-message-despoir-aux-refugies-de-lesbos

There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey, and Greek and Turkish officials gave conflicting information on the logistics of the plan. The returns are a key part of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey aimed at ending the uncontrollable influx into Europe of refugees and migrants fleeing war and misery in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrants-eu-deal-greece-turkey-readiness-1.3518770

Immigration Minister John McCallum promised Thursday to process all applications from sponsorship agreement holders wishing to help resettle Syrian refugees, following complaints from private sponsors over delays in the arrivals of Syrians. But anxious officials in McCallum’s office were forced to clarify late Thursday what seemed like a pledge by the minister earlier in the day to process an additional 10,000 applications from private sponsorship groups.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/john-mccallum-more-room-for-privately-sponsored-refugees-1.3514058