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.
Reuters Canada – Greece Mounts Late Push to Assure EU Before Migration Summit
In a last-minute drive to assure European Union partners that it is getting to grips with a mass influx of refugees, Greece released aerial photographs on Tuesday of new registration centers for migrants on its northern Aegean islands. The move is part of Athens’ efforts, ahead of an EU summit starting on Thursday, to rebuff criticism by Germany and other EU governments that it has done too little to manage the flow of hundreds of thousands of people arriving on its shores.
CTV News – School Program Could Help Syrian Refugee Children Learn English
An ESL program at the Toronto District School Board could soon find itself helping thousands of refugee children from Syria learn English as they build their new lives in the GTA. The Literacy Enrichment Academic Program, or LEAP, is an accelerated ESL initiative aimed at teaching English to students between Grades 6 and 8. As the board prepares to welcome Syrian refugees, this three-year program could be the first stop for many refugee children.
CBC – Suppliers for Syrian Refugee Welcome Kits Kept Secret for Security Reasons
The government is taking “exceptional measures” to provide welcome kits to Syrian refugees, but the suppliers of goods and services will be kept secret for security reasons. Remi Lariviere, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said procuring the items to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees is being done as “efficiently and cost-effectively” as possible. But details around costs will not be disclosed.
The Globe and Mail – European Union Plans Rapid-Reaction Border Force to Stem Migration
The European Union will nearly treble its spending on frontier defence and create a new 1,500-strong rapid reaction force under proposals unveiled on Tuesday to tackle the migration crisis. The plan is aimed at boosting security on Europe’s perimeter while preserving the 26-nation Schengen zone at the continent’s heart, within which people can travel freely across national borders without passport checks.
Radio-Canada – La chancelière allemande promet de réduire l’immigration
La chancelière allemande Angela Merkel s’est engagée lundi lors du congrès de sa formation, l’Union chrétienne-démocrate (CDU), à réduire « sensiblement » l’afflux d’immigrants en Allemagne, répondant en cela aux inquiétudes de la base face à l’arrivée d’un million de réfugiés cette année.
The Hamilton Spectator – Mac Grad Students Trying to Solve Immigration Integration
Engineers are trained to solve countless problems, but immigration integration is usually not among them. That’s exactly what three international students from India who are taking their engineering master’s degree at McMaster University are hoping to do through a project drawing from their experiences immigrating to Canada. Transportation, accommodation, language barriers, paperwork, SIN numbers, drivers’ licences and banking can all be a confusing mess for immigrants, said project member Hashmeen Bains, who came to Canada at the beginning of this semester.
