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.


La Presse – Slovénie : la police disperse des migrants avec des gaz lacrymogènes

La police slovène a dispersé vendredi soir avec des tirs de gaz lacrymogènes un groupe de plusieurs centaines de migrants qui cherchait à forcer sa frontière avec la Croatie. L’incident est survenu au poste-frontière de Harmica, où les migrants, soutenus par des militants croates et slovènes, demandaient à pouvoir entrer en Slovénie. Après une heure de tension, la police antiémeute slovène a eu recours aux gaz lacrymogène contre les migrants, parmi lesquels se trouvaient des enfants, qui tentaient de repousser un cordon policier sur le pont marquant la frontière croato-slovène.

http://www.lapresse.ca/international/crise-migratoire/201509/18/01-4901916-slovenie-la-police-disperse-des-migrants-avec-des-gaz-lacrymogenes.php

Le Devoir – La Croatie achemine des milliers de migrants vers la Hongrie

La Croatie, qui se dit débordée par l’arrivée massive de migrants sur son territoire, a acheminé vendredi une partie des candidats à l’exil en car et en train vers la Hongrie, qui devait terminer de clôturer sa frontière avec la Croatie dans la nuit. Pour la seule journée de vendredi, 4400 migrants sont entrés en Hongrie, selon un recensement à 22 h 00 locales (20 h 00 GMT), a annoncé le conseiller du gouvernement hongrois, György Bakondi. Il a également indiqué que 28 km de clôture de barbelés avaient été posés à la frontière croato-hongroise, sur les 41 km prévus.

http://www.ledevoir.com/international/europe/450463/la-croatie-ferme-presque-completement-sa-frontiere-avec-la-serbie

Le Devoir – Les réfugiés s’invitent au débat

Le second débat des chefs de la campagne électorale, tenu jeudi soir à Calgary, devait porter sur l’économie. Et si la taxation, les investissements en infrastructures et les déficits ont occupé une part importante des échanges entre Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair et Justin Trudeau, les réfugiés syriens se sont invités dans la soirée, donnant lieu à certaines des prises de bec les plus émotives. Les trois chefs avaient été invités par le modérateur, le rédacteur en chef du Globe and Mail, David Walmsley, à expliquer comment ils estiment que l’immigration contribue à l’économie.

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/450445/debat-globe

 

Toronto Star – “Old Stock Canadians” Comment Gives Chills to Professor

University of Ottawa professor Duff Conacher said he was shocked by what he considers racist implications of the phrase “old stock Canadians” used by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Thursday’s leadership debate. Harper used the phrase “old stock Canadians” in response to a question on refugee policy. The Conservative leader said he would “bring in more” refugees than in past years, but there is a limit, adding that “we do not offer them a better health-care plan than the ordinary Canadian can receive.” “I think that’s something that new and old stock Canadians can agree with,” Harper said. That gave a chill to Conacher, the founder of the non-partisan citizen advocacy group Democracy Watch and visiting professor in law and political science at University of Ottawa. […]On Friday, Harper appeared to elaborate on the phrase, repeating that there is widespread support for the government’s position on refugee health care. “It’s supported by Canadians who are themselves immigrants, it’s supported by the rest of us — by Canadians who have been the descendants of immigrants for one or more generations,” Harper said on a campaign stop in Calgary.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/09/18/old-stock-canadians-phrase-chills-prof-ignites-twitter.html

Global News – International Students Bring Big Bucks

This year Okanagan classes will be filled with more International students than ever before.
International enrollment is up across the province. At UBCO there are nearly 1100 students studying from other countries. “We’re up about 130 students over last year so that makes this our largest crop to date of international students,” says Ian Cull, Associate VP of Students at UBC Okanagan. Foreign Undergrads pay nearly 27 thousand per year to study at UBCO. The extra revenue has an obvious economic benefit for the school. In addition to that, Cull says having a well established international student program helps to raise the profile of the Okanagan in countries all over the world. It’s not just at the post secondary level, students in the public school division will see more new faces too. The increase in foreign students equates to about 3 and a half million dollars for the school board.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2229553/international-students-bring-big-bucks/

CBC – Syrian Refugee Family Arrives in Saskatoon

It was a joyful scene at Saskatoon’s airport late last night. A family of seven refugees from Syria arrived, fleeing violence in their home country. “I’m very happy,” said 18-year-old Minus Kasarjian. “I like Canada, because Canada is very beautiful, and it’s very good. I love Canada.” The family was sponsored by Syrian-Canadian Carlo Arslanian. Arslanian left Syria when he was six months old, and has only met his cousin once, when he was 13 years old. […] Arslanian said he decided to sponsor his cousin, her husband, and their five children to get them out of a dangerous situation. As he was Skyping with them one day, he thought he heard thunder in the background. He later found out it was bombing. After that, he made up his mind to rescue the family. While he said the process wasn’t easy, he would gladly do it again.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/syrian-refugee-family-arrives-in-saskatoon-1.3233617