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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.
CBC – Conservatives Rule Out Airlifts of Syrian Refugees to Canada
Airlifting Syrian refugees en masse is not one of the measures Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are contemplating as they prepare to announce new measures to expedite the process for resettling refugees to Canada, says Defence Minister Jason Kenney. In an interview that aired Saturday on CBC Radio’s The House, Kenney ruled out the refugee airlifts proposed by the party’s political rivals, saying it would be “imprudent” for Canada to do so. “The opposition parties who are talking about airlifting people out of the camps clearly do not understand the nuance of the situation,” Kenney told CBC’s Chris Hall. […] A source who spoke to CBC News on condition of anonymity said immigration officials have been burning the midnight oil after the Conservatives asked them to come up with a range of options looking at how the government can better respond to the Syrian refugee crisis. Asked what Canadians could expect to hear from the Conservatives in the coming days, Kenney said, “Faster processing, an accelerated streamlined system and more support to get more people here quickly.”
Reuters – Canada Creates Emergency Relief Fund to Aid Middle East Refugees
Canada will create an emergency relief fund by matching the donations of Canadians to assist refugees in conflict zones in the Middle East, the minister of international development said on Saturday. The government will match contributions donated to registered Canadian charities, up to a maximum of C$100 million ($75.43 million). “These funds will be used to help meet the basic needs of conflict-afflicted people in the region including shelter, food, health and water as well as protection and emergency education,” Christian Paradis said at a news conference in Ottawa. “The fund will also be used to provide assistance in some transit countries for refugees.”
CBC – U of R Boosting Support for Refugee Students
The University of Regina is providing matching dollars to support a program that helps refugees with the costs of being a student. The students’ union already collects $100,000 for the program, through a levy on student fees. Vianne Timmons, president of the U of R, announced Friday that the institution will match that amount. The money helps refugees pay for tuition, books, rent and clothing. Over the years, dozens of refugee students from places such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia and the Sudan have studied at the U of R. URSU, the U of R Student’s Unions, is working with a local chapter of World University of Canada which runs the Student Refugee Program (SRP).
CBC – Saudi Scholarship Uncertainty May Affect Nova Scotia Student Numbers
As university students return, there are rumblings of uncertainty around a program that has paid for thousands of Saudi students to attend North American universities since 2005. The King Abdullah scholarships have remained in place after the death of the Saudi monarch but in Nova Scotia there are hints some things may be changing. International students make up 20 per cent of the enrolment at Nova Scotia universities and one of the biggest groups where the state pays all expenses are the Saudis. Those students accounted for one in eight students — 420 — at Cape Breton University a few years ago. But CBU president David Wheeler says it hasn’t received any new students from that group for two years and the numbers have dropped to below 200. CBU has diversified its recruiting to retain the same level of international students. In Halifax, universities say it is too soon to tell if their numbers are down.
Hamilton Spectator – Push by Germany to Distribute Migrants is Rejected by Four European Nations
At least four countries Friday firmly rejected a European Union plan to impose refugee quotas to ease a worsening migrant crisis that Germany’s foreign minister said was “probably the biggest challenge” in the history of the 28-nation bloc. Hungary, which along with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland said it would not support the proposal, threatened instead to crack down on the thousands of people streaming across its borders daily as they flee war and persecution. The stance by those Central European countries reflected a hardening front against distributing at least some of the refugees among them and was a stinging rebuff to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who travelled to Prague to try to persuade them to reconsider.
Globe and Mail – Religious Groups Make Leap of Faith to Support Syrian Refugees
A grassroots response to the Syrian refugee crisis is growing in communities across Canada, combining the refugee sponsorship know-how of churches with the contacts and cultural knowledge within Arab and Muslim communities. In Alberta, the odd coupling involves Mennonites and Muslims. In Manitoba, a broad coalition includes Christian churches and Arab and Islamic groups. And in Ontario, partnerships are popping up everywhere, from big cities to a small village church. A staggering four million refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria are scattered in camps and cities around the Middle East. Western governments are under pressure to do more to bring them to safety, including calls for Canada to admit more people through its government-assisted program. Instead of waiting, faith groups are leading the way – often working together for the first time to sponsor refugees through the private system. One of the more robust responses is taking place in Edmonton. The Mennonite and Muslim communities started working together in 2014, and since March of this year the partnership has reconnected 32 Syrian refugees living in Jordan, Turkey and Egypt with relatives in Edmonton. By year’s end, that number will exceed 150.
