Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

L’Autriche et l’Allemagne ont ouvert leurs frontières samedi à des milliers de migrants et de réfugiés épuisés, que les autorités hongroises ont acheminés en autocar à la frontière après avoir tenté en vain d’empêcher leur passage. Pris en charge par les autorités autrichiennes, les migrants, beaucoup venant de Syrie, ont été conduits à Vienne, avant de gagner Munich, dans le sud de l’Allemagne. En début de soirée, 6000 réfugiés environ étaient arrivés en gare de Munich et près de 2000, à bord de deux trains, étaient attendus après minuit. Applaudis et acclamés à leur arrivée dans la capitale bavaroise, les migrants ont été dirigés vers des tentes pour y être recensés, recevoir des vivres et des vêtements.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2015/09/05/001-migrants-syriens-frontiere-autriche-hongrie.shtml

Want to do business in China? Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is teaming up with Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai to offer a short training course — call it China 101 — for business owners in Nova Scotia. The relationship between the universities goes back 13 years and allows Chinese students to study two years at Beijing Normal University, followed by two years in Halifax, to earn degrees in both arts and business. […] The reciprocal arrangement has paid off for Saint Mary’s University. Last April, the university had 928 Chinese students on campus, nearly half the number of international students enrolled. International students account for about 30 per cent of the student body at Saint Mary’s and about half of the students in the Sobey School of Business.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/saint-marys-beijing-normal-1.3216123

Londoners are being urged to sponsor Syrian refugees through Lifeline Syria. In a news release, sent out by the city of London Saturday, there are several ways Londoners can get involved and donate money to help sponsor a Syrian family. […] “Time is of the essence to help alleviate the Syrian refugee crisis,” said Abd Alfatah Twakkal, Imam of Twakkal, London Muslim Mosque in the release. “Our community here in London can do much in this regard and we are very happy to be part of a collaborative effort and response alongside other community groups and the Mayor of London to do what is our collective duty as Canadians to assist the refugees of Syria,” he added.

http://london.ctvnews.ca/londoners-urged-to-assist-syrian-refugees-1.2549687

The immigrant welcome centre in Nanaimo has been inundated with offers of assistance since the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi sharply focused global attention on the plight of refugees. […] “What’s interesting about the pictures is, well, there’s been pictures of children clutching parents for how long in the media, and no one has paid much attention to it,” said Hilde Schlosar, executive director of Nanaimo’s Immigrant Welcome Centre. “I’m relieved that people are finally waking up. But it’s been ignored for a long time.” What is little-known about promises to bring in more refugees is that the responsibility often falls to citizens to shoulder the majority of the weight in resettling these newcomers, said Schlosar. She cites the commitment stated in January by the federal government to bring in an additional 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next three years. Only 40 per cent of these refugees would be paid for and arranged by the government. The other 60 per cent would be “put on the backs of the community,” and sponsored by private organizations or refugee sponsor groups, said Schlosar.

http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/news/324550791.html

Changes to immigration rules in Canada mean Newfoundland and Labrador can welcome an unlimited number of Syrian refugees, but the Association for New Canadians (ANC) says it’s not an easy process. […] Less than two dozen Syrian refugees have made it to the province so far, all sponsored by family members already in Canada. The association became the official agent for arranging private sponsorships of refugees less than a year ago. Initially it was given a cap of 16 cases over two years. Program co-ordinator Ken Walsh said that restriction has since been lifted. “There’s no cap on the number of Syrian refugees, the government of Canada has actually allowed us to sponsor as many Syrians as we see fit, as we can,” said Walsh. He said while there are programs and supports in place to assist refugees coming to Canada, the number of Syrians able to immigrate depends a lot on the local community. “There is no public funding for this program so it relies on the financial assistance from groups, individuals in the community that kind of want to partner with the ANC to help sponsor these individuals and families,” he said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/no-cap-on-number-of-syrian-refugees-n-l-can-accept-1.3216404

With harrowing images of drowning children, refugees being herded on and off trains and beaten by police, and barbed-wire fences slicing across Europe, the migration crisis is the moral equivalent of the euro zone crisis. In both cases, the principle of solidarity is being sorely tested. By making the EU look ineffective, disunited and heartless, pitting member states against each other and fuelling political populism and anti-Muslim sentiment, the latest crisis is undermining the ideals of European integration. […] “The world is watching us,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last week as she tried to persuade European peers to share the burden of taking in people fleeing war and misery in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and beyond. […]Merkel’s bold attempt to exercise leadership, in contrast to her deep caution in the euro crisis, has won only cautious support from close allies like France, where domestic opposition to more immigration is strong, and been rejected outright by countries such as Hungary and Britain.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN0R50Y520150905