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 – Are Only “Bogus” Refugees Affected by Federal Health Cuts
During a question about immigration policy as a strategy to the long-term prosperity of the country, Trudeau accused Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of taking away health care from refugees. Harper defended his party’s record on immigration and responded to the Liberal leader’s accusation by saying, “the fact of the matter is we did not, we have not, taken away health care from immigrants and refugees. On the contrary, the only time we’ve removed it is where we have bogus refugee claimants who have been refused and turned down.” […] Trudeau is partly right. The government did introduce cuts to the interim federal health program, leaving refugees with minimal health benefits — but not entirely without health benefits, as Trudeau’s claim may have implied. Harper is wrong when he says the Conservative government only took away some benefits from “bogus” refugees. Refugee claimants are currently being denied some federal health benefits while their claims are being processed, not just once their applications are rejected. Privately sponsored refugees — which includes the bulk of the Syrian refugees the government is promising to bring to Canada by September 2016 — are also among the groups of refugees receiving limited coverage.
CBC – New Transitional House for Refugees Set to Open in Winnipeg
A church and its congregation in Winnipeg’s inner city are answering the call to help more refugees by making a new transitional house on Ellice Avenue. “Welcome Place and Hospitality House are overflowing. There is a need, really, for relationship housing, and that’s really what this is,” said Tim Nielsen, the pastor of City Church on Maryland Street. He said almost his entire congregation consists of former refugees, and now they are banding together to help new ones. City Church bought a building on Ellice Avenue for $100,000 and plans to turn it into transitional housing for refugees. It will have eight to 10 bedrooms, include an accessible bedroom and shower for people with disabilities, and have a common kitchen and a classroom for English as an additional language.
La Presse – 2 000 réfugiés syriens au Québec d’ici la fin de l’année
Les obstacles levés du côté d’Ottawa, le Québec accueillera environ 2000 réfugiés syriens d’ici la fin de l’année, a indiqué mardi la ministre de l’Immigration, Kathleen Weil. Mais elle ignore si Québec atteindra son objectif de recevoir trois fois plus de migrants. La ministre s’est montrée satisfaite de la décision de son homologue fédéral Chris Alexander, qui a annoncé samedi que le gouvernement fédéral va accélérer le traitement des demandes d’asile déposées par des réfugiés syriens. Le ministre conservateur sortant s’est engagé à augmenter le nombre d’agents chargés de traiter les demandes d’asile à l’étranger, comme l’avait demandé Québec.
CBC – Refugees in Canada Plea for Government to Speed Up Family Reunification
Refugees and their advocates are calling on the Canadian government to speed up family reunification. “My mother has been in Turkey for over a year waiting to come to Canada. Really I miss her,” said Huda Mohammed Ahmed, 14, at a press conference in Vancouver on Monday. Ahmed, a government-assisted refugee from Iraq, came to Canada with her older brother — but without their mother, whose paperwork has yet to be processed. […] Last Saturday, Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced a $25-million plan to allow more refugee applications to be processed. Immigration advocates at the announcement said the quickest way to speed those applications along is to help families who have been separated by war. “Canada needs to put refugee children first and this can happen through an expedited government-assisted program,” said Chris Friesen, chair of the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance. Friesen pointed out that the federal government sped up family reunification for refugees from Kosovo in 1999. Like the other panel members at the conference, B.C.’s child advocate Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond asked the Canadian government to help reunite refugees with their families.
Chaque année, le Haut Commissariat aux réfugiés des Nations unies (HCR) détermine un nombre limité de réfugiés devant être parrainés de façon urgente par d’autres pays. Pour eux, il lance un appel à la communauté internationale afin de leur trouver un refuge. Dans le cas des réfugiés syriens, le HCR tente de trouver des places depuis 2013, mais n’a jamais alloué un nombre précis de personnes à aucun pays. Il a plutôt lancé un appel global pour que 130 000 d’entre eux trouvent une place d’ici la fin de 2016. Environ 30 pays ont répondu, mais pour un total de 107 000 places, le Canada s’engageant à en accueillir 11 300 d’ici la fin de 2018.
Radio-Canada – Des aînés mis à contribution pour l’intégration des nouveaux arrivants
Alors que la Ville de Québec se prépare à accueillir jusqu’à 800 réfugiés syriens, le défi de l’intégration des nouveaux arrivants se pose. L’organisme Ressource Espace Familles tente de faire sa part avec un programme de jumelage entre des immigrants ou des réfugiés et des aînés d’ici. Le projet « Familles du monde Aînés d’ici » permet d’aider des familles à mieux s’intégrer tout en mettant en valeur le savoir-faire des grands-parents. Les échanges, qui se font toujours en français, permettent aux nouveaux arrivants de se familiariser avec la culture québécoise.
