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.
Toronto Star – EU Urges Nations to Honour Pledges to Aid Migrants
The European Union appealed Friday to member countries to live up to pledges to provide planes and other assets so that its border agency can help Greece and Hungary cope with a migrant influx. EU leaders committed in April to triple the Frontex agency’s budget and provide it with more assets as thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty head to Europe in search of better lives. “If we don’t get these assets, it would seriously undermine Frontex’s ability to carry out its operations,” EU migration spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said. Many countries had pledged to provide assets for short-term use, but Bertaud said more planes and “technical assistance,” including personnel and patrol cars, are needed for Greece and Hungary. The International Organization for Migration said Friday that, as of Wednesday, more than 192,000 migrants had arrived in Europe by sea this year. More than 2,000 migrants are believed to have died attempting the perilous Mediterranean crossing.
The Tyee – Why Racism in Vancouver’s Housing Debate Can’t Be Ignored
On a cloudy afternoon in May, a few hundred people gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to raise awareness about the city’s notorious lack of affordable housing. […]At the edge of the crowd, Brad Saltzberg leaned against a fence. Saltzberg has some answers of his own to Vancouver’s affordable housing crisis: blame it on the Chinese. Over the past decade, newspapers have occasionally published Saltzberg’s comments on anti-immigration and what makes a Canadian (being of white, European descent, mainly). […] Views like Saltzberg’s go unchecked in Vancouver’s highly racialized housing debate — one that blames real estate investors identified to have roots in mainland China for pushing the housing market out of reasonable reach. […] Buying luxury homes isn’t the only thing immigrants and Chinese people are blamed and shamed for. In the past year, student protest deemed a new college for international students at UBC “a slap in the face”; a Richmond overpass demonstration blamed immigrants for bad traffic; and businesses in West Vancouver and Richmond face ongoing backlash for posting Chinese-only signage.
Radio Canada International – Québec: sélection plus objective des immigrants qualifiés
En 2010, le Vérificateur général du Québec avait observé que le facteur « Adaptabilité » dans la sélection des travailleurs qualifiés comportait une part de subjectivité. Pourquoi? Parce que, écrivait le haut fonctionnaire, l’évaluation de ce facteur « est davantage basée sur le jugement d’une conseillère ou d’un conseiller à l’immigration que sur des balises objectivement mesurables ». Le facteur « Adaptabilité » relevait en effet de l’appréciation d’un agent d’immigration qui, après entrevue, évaluait tant les qualités personnelles, les connaissances générales que la capacité du candidat à l’immigration à réussir ses démarches d’intégration socioéconomique. La ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (MIDI), Mme Kathleen Weil, a donc rectifié le tir. En vigueur depuis le 5 août, la nouvelle grille de sélection des candidats travailleurs qualifiés ne comporte plus de points attribués au facteur « Adaptabilité ». En plus de répondre à la demande du Vérificateur général du Québec, la nouvelle grille, selon la ministre Weil permettra aussi d’accueillir plus rapidement des personnes compétentes et qui répondent aux besoins du Québec.
Radio-Canada – 3 M$ pour aider les nouveaux arrivants à trouver un emploi
Le gouvernement du Manitoba verse 3 millions de dollars à l’organisme « Manitoba Start » qui aide les immigrants diplômés ou ayant une formation à trouver un emploi. Une fois au Canada, certains de ces nouveaux arrivants éprouvent des difficultés à trouver un emploi dans leur domaine d’études. Souvent, leurs qualifications ne sont pas reconnues. Selon la directrice administrative de « Manitoba Start », Judith Hayes, l’argent débloqué par la province permet la création d’un programme de développement de carrière unique au pays. « Nous disposons de gens qualifiés ici au Manitoba. Nos entreprises ont besoin de ces personnes et les nouveaux arrivants ont besoin de travailler, alors à nous de faire correspondre ces besoins », explique Judith Hayes. Une immigrante arrivée dans la province il y a un mois pour rejoindre son frère, Fatima Idowu se trouve dans cette situation. Malgré le fait qu’elle détient une maîtrise en administration des affaires obtenue au Nigeria, elle ne parvient pas à se trouver un emploi au Manitoba malgré les milliers de curriculum vitae qu’elle dit avoir envoyés.
CBC – Manitoba Aims to Get Immigrants Into Their Skilled Professions
Immigrants hoping to find work in their professional field are getting some help from the Manitoba government. Labour and Immigration Minister Erna Braun announced on Thursday more money and resources to improve the recognition of foreign qualifications and help connect employees and employers. Many immigrants to Canada find themselves working as taxicab drivers or in the service industry, even though they have engineering or doctorate degrees from their home countries. “Navigating the world of qualifications recognition can be complex,” said Judith Hayes, executive director of Manitoba Start, which provides career services to immigrants and connects them with businesses through a job-matching service. “By having better information and clear guidance on navigating the licensing process, newcomers will be in a better position to achieve full certification in their profession as quickly and efficiently as possible.” […] According to the provincial government, more than 16,000 people came to Manitoba last year, 5,000 of whom came under the provincial nominee program.
The Guardian – Immigration Viewed Negatively by Half of Developed World’s Population
Nearly one in two people in the world’s most advanced economies believe immigration is causing their country to change in ways they don’t like, according to a new poll. In many countries this is true in more than half of the population – in Turkey (84%), Italy (65%), Russia (59%), and in Belgium, France, Israel, South Africa, Great Britain, Hungary and India, the survey by global research company Ipsos found. However, the poll also reveals significant differences between countries – and, where attitudes towards immigration are negative, the reasons vary. The proportion who agree immigration is causing their country to change in ways they don’t like is below 30% in China, South Korea, Brazil and Japan. It is also a view shared by only a minority of citizens in the US, Spain, Canada and Germany. In Turkey (92%), Italy (71%) and Russia (69%), respondents also believe that there are too many immigrants in their respective countries, compared with 60% in France and Britain. The numbers are lower in Germany and Sweden (43%), the US (49%) and Spain (48%). Across the 24 countries polled, half of all people surveyed say there are too many immigrants in their country.
