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.


Metro News – Liberals’ Bill C-24 Changes Welcome News to Future Canadian Citizens

The proposed changes — expected to take effect sometime this year — will provide greater flexibility for applicants trying to meet requirements for citizenship, Immigration Minister John McCallum said. Permanent residents would be required to be in Canada for three years, down from four, before applying. They would get credit for time spent on student or work visas prior to becoming permanent residents, a practice the Conservatives nixed. The age range for language and citizenship knowledge exams would also be amended, exempting those younger than 18 or older than 54.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/02/25/bill-c-24-review-welcome-news-to-future-citizens.html

Metro News – Scarborough Clinic Needs “Any Help We Can Get” to Treat Refugees

Local healthcare providers are facing unfamiliar challenges in treating Syrian refugees — and at least one is calling on the Canadian government to make more resources available. “We need any help we can get,” said Paul Caulford, lead physician at the Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/02/25/refugees-bring-unfamiliar-medical-challenges.html

The Guardian – Europe Braces for Major “Humanitarian Crisis” in Greece After Row Over Refugees

European governments are bracing for a major humanitarian emergency in Greece amid rising panic that the EU’s fragmented efforts to cope with its migration crisis are nearing breakdown. EU interior ministers met in Brussels on Thursday in their latest attempt to forge a common response, but the meeting was clouded by a ferocious row between Greece and Austria, which is spearheading a campaign to quarantine Greece and throttle the flow of migrants up the Balkans by partially sealing the Greek border with Macedonia.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/25/europe-braces-major-humanitarian-crisis-greece-row-refugees

Reuters Canada – Europe’s Free Travel will End Unless Turkey Halts Migrant Flow, Officials Say

Europe’s cherished free-travel zone will shut down unless Turkey acts to cut the number of migrants heading north through Greece by March 7, European Union officials said on Thursday. Their declaration came as confrontations grow increasingly rancorous among European countries trying to cope with the influx of refugees.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN0VY2M8

La Presse – France : la « jungle » de Calais pourra être partiellement évacuée

L’ordre d’évacuer une partie de la «jungle» de Calais (nord) prononcée par les autorités locales, et contesté par des migrants et des associations, a été validé jeudi par la justice, a-t-on appris de source proche des autorités locales. «Tout est validé», a précisé cette source interrogée par l’AFP.

http://www.lapresse.ca/international/crise-migratoire/201602/25/01-4954533-france-la-jungle-de-calais-pourra-etre-partiellement-evacuee.php

TVA Nouvelles – Montréal et son histoire des Noirs

C’est la dernière fin de semaine pour profiter des événements du Mois de l’histoire des Noirs. «24 Heures» se souvient de 10 personnalités noires qui, au gré des époques, ont marqué Montréal. La domestique Marie-Josèphe Angélique, qui venait du Portugal, était «une femme assez impertinente, qui avait des aventures, à la fois libre et domestique» […].

http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/02/25/montreal-et-son-histoire-des-noirs