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.
CBC – Refugee Sponsors Frustrated by Delays Hold “Emergency Meetings”
While Minister of Immigration John McCallum promoted Canada’s refugee resettlement efforts abroad on Wednesday, private sponsorship groups called the delay in refugee arrivals “cruel”. Speaking to a UN refugee agency conference in Geneva, McCallum said Canada’s program has worked so well, one of his “biggest challenges” as immigration minister is to find enough refugees to satisfy all the Canadians who want to bring refugees to Canada. Those Canadians are starting to voice their disappointment.
La Presse – Grèce : derniers préparatifs au retour en Turquie de centaines de migrants
Les autorités grecques et de l’UE peaufinaient dimanche dans la discrétion l’opération censée permettre le renvoi en Turquie dès lundi de centaines de migrants, aux termes d’un accord critiqué par les groupes de défense des Droits de l’Homme. Les autorités étaient réticentes à livrer des détails de l’opération, qui devrait commencer lundi matin à Lesbos.
Le Figaro – À Menton, les flux de migrants entre l’Italie et la France explosent à nouveau
La police étant mobilisée dans les gares et aéroports depuis les attentats de Bruxelles, le dispositif se trouve dégarni aux frontières. Au pire moment. Plus de 3500 clandestins détectés dans les Alpes-Maritimes depuis le 1er janvier. Le flux a augmenté de plus de 60 % ces dernières semaines!
Calgary Herald – Settlement Organizations Call for More Funds for Temporary Foreign Workers
Organizations that work with new immigrants and refugees from across Canada launched a report this week calling for more government funding for settlement services for migrant workers. The policy recommendations, which are based on a Canada-wide survey conducted in 2015 with 167 organizations that work with newcomers, is supported by umbrella groups, including the Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies, that together represent over 550 organizations working with immigrants.
The Globe and Mail – Migrants Detained in Greece Break Out from Holding Centre in Protest
Migrants protested on a Greek island and rights groups raised legal objections on Friday three days before a disputed EU deal to return rejected asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey was due to go into action, with neither side completely ready.
Our Windsor – Refugee Health Reversal an Important Step Toward Coverage for All
An estimated half a million people in Canada are ineligible for health coverage due to their immigration status. This includes newly arrived immigrants in the three-month waiting period in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec, international students not provided coverage by their schools or in limbo between school and work, temporary foreign workers between contracts, undocumented people, and even returning Canadian citizens who have left the country for a period of time.
