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.
Radio-Canada – Manitoba : un programme d’aide juridique aux réfugiés manque d’argent
Le Conseil multiconfessionnel d’aide à l’établissement des immigrants au Manitoba (CMAEIM), organisme qui aide les réfugiés à naviguer à travers le processus complexe de demande de statut de réfugié au Canada, n’aura plus aucun financement à partir du 30 septembre. Auparavant, le CMAEIM recevait 250 000 $ annuellement du gouvernement provincial dans le cadre du Programme des candidats des provinces. Cependant, en 2012, le gouvernement fédéral a pris la relève du programme et a supprimé le financement des programmes pour réfugiés parrainés par des particuliers.
CBC – Refugee Intake has Limits, Germany’s President Warns
Germany’s president has warned that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year. The comments from the head of state, who has a largely ceremonial role but whose words carry moral authority, were set to fuel a raging debate about how so many newcomers can be integrated into German society. […] Gauck appeared to be striking a more cautious tone than Chancellor Angela Merkel who has said Germany can cope with the record influx. It came amid signs of tensions among asylum seekers, part of a wave of mass migration into the European Union from the Middle East and parts of Africa. Fourteen people were injured on Sunday when a brawl broke out between two rival groups in a refugee centre in the western German town of Calden, police said. The refugees were being housed in tents set up on a disused airfield. A union representing German police officers has suggested that refugees should be divided according to their religion to try to reduce the risk of conflict.
Toronto Star – How the UN Determines Who is a Refugee – and Who Isn’t
How many refugees are resettled every year? Of the close to 15 million refugees worldwide, only about 100,000 a year are ever resettled. Only about 100,000 a year return to their country of origin. That means most refugee situations are protracted. They’ve been going on for a long time. […] The 1951 Refugee Convention spells out the technical definition of a refugee. But what is the process of analysis on the ground that turns a migrant into a refugee? Most countries rely on the UNHCR to do the initial screening. We put teams on the ground with mobile technology and we speak to each person. Our systems are automated and interconnected, often through iris identification. This helps to prevent fraud and to ensure the integrity of the process. We ask to see a person’s identity documents and they tell us their story. We have a full battery of questions. It can take up to an hour or it could be as quick as 20 minutes.
Medical Xpress – Rather Than Screen All Immigrants for TB, Developed Countries Could be More Focused
While Canada screens all immigrants for tuberculosis, the vast majority of active cases of the disease are found in people arriving from a handful of countries where TB is prevalent, new research suggests. The findings are relevant to other developed countries with large numbers of immigrants, such as the United States, Australia and some Western European countries, which have TB screening processes similar to Canada’s. “While the pre-immigration chest X-ray identifies active TB in some new immigrants, the risk of disease varies widely by the immigrants’ country of origin,” said Dr. Kamran Khan, an infectious disease physician at St, Michael’s Hospital who specializes in treating TB. “When we screen every new immigrant in precisely the same way, we unnecessarily consume valuable resources looking for active TB in populations where the probability of disease is essentially zero,” said Dr. Khan, who is also a researcher in the hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Dr. Khan today published a one-of-a-kind study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that linked the Citizenship and Immigration Canada records of nearly 1 million people who arrived in Ontario between Jan. 2, 2002, and Dec. 31, 2011, with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s reportable disease database for the same 10 years.
CBC – Halifax Refugee Clinic Opens Doors to Dispel Myths
The Halifax Refugee Clinic is opening its doors this afternoon to show Nova Scotians more about the refugee claim process. The clinic has received dozens of calls about refugee issues in the past month, with a particular focus on those fleeing Syria. However, the clinic helps refugees from around the world, including countries such as Iraq, Kenya, Afghanistan, Libya, and Yeman. “We’ve seen a really big uptick in just cold calls,” says Julie Chamagne, executive director of the clinic at 5538 Macara St. […] “We thought it would be a good opportunity to bring people into our space, to dispel some myths, to channel all that positive energy and positive public interest,” she says. “And to get people knowing more about the different categories of refugees, some of the experiences refugees face and the whole asylum process in Canada.” Chamagne says in recent years she has heard a lot of negative rhetoric about refugees.
Radio-Canada – Le parc thématique de Banksy sera démonté et abritera des réfugiés
Dismaland, la parodie du parc familial à la Disney de l’artiste Banksy, installée à la piscine de Weston-super-Mare en Angleterre, sera déménagée à Calais, en France, où elle abritera des réfugiés. L’exposition, qui s’est terminée comme prévu dimanche après cinq semaines d’opération, a attiré quelque 150 000 visiteurs. Son démontage prendra près de trois semaines. À Calais, l’équipement et le bois d’œuvre de Dismaland serviront à la construction de logements pour les réfugiés, a expliqué Banksy sur le site Internet de l’exposition.
