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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.
Journal de Montréal – Terrorisme : deux résidents permanents canadiens expulsés
Deux hommes, dont un Torontois d’origine pakistanaise soupçonné de terrorisme, ont été expulsés du pays, a rapporté le National Post. Jahanzeb Malik a quitté Montréal escorté par des agents de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASCF), qui a refusé de commenter le dossier, selon le journal. Il était suspecté d’avoir voulu faire exploser le consulat américain de Toronto et d’autres bâtiments dans le quartier des affaires. Son avocat avait déjà fait savoir que son client ne s’opposait pas à son renvoi et qu’il souhaitait quitter le Canada le plus tôt possible.
Reuters Canada – EU Court Rules Migrants Who Defy Expulsion Can be Jailed
European Union countries can imprison migrants who re-enter their territory after being expelled, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday in a judgment likely to be closely watched across the continent as it struggles to cope with a migration crisis. The European Court of Justice was considering the case of an Albanian national who was deported from Italy in 2012 but returned to the country, in breach of a three-year entry ban. Judges at the Luxembourg-based court ruled that Italian legislation prescribing a one- to four-year jail term for such an offense was in line with EU law.
CTV News – Somali Who Swam River to Enter Canada Granted Refugee Status
A Somali man who fled kidnappers in his home country and crossed three continents before arriving in Winnipeg has learned he will be allowed to make a new home in Canada. On Wednesday, an immigration board granted Yahya Samatar refugee status, allowing him to feel safe for the first time in more than a year. Samatar is a human rights worker and journalist who made headlines this summer when he was found trying to swim across the frigid and dangerous waters of the Red River. Samatar was found on the shores of the river in Emerson, Man., which he mistakenly thought marked the border between the U.S. and Canada. By the time he was found, Samatar had already been on the run for more than a year. He had been forced to flee Somalia after escaping a prison run by al-Shabaab, a militant group linked to al Qaeda. Samatar told CTV Morning Live Thursday his captors had held him in a tiny cell with no room to move.
The Tyee – How Can Canada Meet Its Refugee Goals? Ask Migrant Youth
A group of refugee and immigrant youth in British Columbia have a few ideas to help Canada meet its refugee goals in the coming months. “We have three very basic recommendations that we think can open up a broader conversation in this federal election — but also beyond this election — with whichever party forms government,” said 19-year-old Diego Cardona, a member of the Fresh Voices Youth Advisory Council comprised of 60 refugee and immigrant youth. The recommendations include forgiving refugee transportation loans; creating a national select standing committee for governments, non-profits, and private interests to discuss immigrant and refugee strategies; and speeding up the family reunification process. Cardona was joined by other youth at a press conference in Vancouver yesterday to announce the recommendations in hopes of bringing even greater attention to the issue.
Whistler’s emergency resolution seeking action from the federal government to increase help to Syrian refugees has been passed by members of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) at their annual convention in Vancouver. It passed on Friday morning, Sept. 25, with roughly 20 votes against it, said Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden. “All the rest were in favour,” she said. “It is historic. The UBCM has never passed a resolution before commenting on the federal government’s humanitarian efforts or lack thereof, and the resettlement of refugees.” The resolution calls on the federal government to act immediately to accelerate the process for settling refugees and to “significantly increase federal commitments to receive Syrian refugees in Canada, matching or exceeding historic levels.” […]The next step is to take the resolution to the federal government. “The UBCM on their own will send correspondence to the federal government. I don’t know the timing,” Wilhelm-Morden said.
Yahoo News – RCMP Refutes Claim that More Syrians are Crossing Border Illegaly
RCMP say they haven’t noticed any influx of Syrian or Iraqi refugees into Quebec, contrary to a media report that residents along the Canada-U.S. border have seen such a spike. Cpl. Camille Habel, spokeswoman for the Mounties in Quebec, confirms that RCMP officers were called to intercept a group of migrants Wednesday morning that had crossed from the United States in the Montérégie region. But Habel says migrants and refugee claimants do cross the border. “It’s routine,” she tells Yahoo Canada News. “It’s not daily.. It’s not weekly but it happens.” A report in La Presse says there has been a growing number of migrants crossing the border from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Citing local residents, the media outlet says at least 15 Syrian and Iraqi migrants have entered Canada illegally in the past month near the town of Dundee, along the border with New York state, including the six migrants that arrived Wednesday morning. […] But Habel says the local RCMP office in Valleyfield, which is called in by the provincial police when migrants arrive, has not reported any increase or decrease in the numbers of migrants at the border.
