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.
Chronicle Herald – Syria-Antagonish Group Aims to Raise $20,000 to Sponsor Family
In the last four years, 11 million Syrians have been displaced by the civil war ravaging their country and four million have registered with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. “That’s four times the population of this province,” Tanya Felix said Tuesday. “It just got hard for a lot of us to sit back and say, ‘There’s nothing we can do.’” Felix, newcomer co-ordinator for the Antigonish Womens Resource Centre, is a member of Syria-Antigonish Families Embrace. The group is trying to raise $20,000 to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and bring them to Antigonish. The group was inspired by Lifeline Syria, which is working with community organizations to bring 1,000 refugees to Toronto. The plan, which is supported by Toronto Mayor John Tory, has ignited a national discussion about whether Canada is doing enough to help alleviate what the United Nations is calling the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War. When 350,000 residents of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia were forced from their homes during the 1970s, Canada responded. Between 1979 and 1980, Canada took in 60,000 of the refugees.The current federal government has promised to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada over the next two years.
Toronto Star – Foreign Visitors to Canada to Face Electronic Screening
Millions of travellers will soon face another layer of red tape when they try to visit Canada. Starting Saturday, Ottawa will start accepting applications for electronic travel authorization (eTA) from people who wish to travel to Canada by air. Prospective travellers have until March 15 to submit their biographic, passport and other personal information through Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website for pre-screening or face being denied entry when the border enforcement kicks in. The new measure — part of the harmonization with the United States’ travel security system — will apply to most air passengers, including all applicants for study and work permits, as well as those who come from countries that currently do not require a visa to come to Canada. “Providing the information required by these amendments will allow Canada to determine the admissibility of foreign nationals before they arrive at the border and whether their travel poses migration or security risks,” the immigration department says. […] Critics view the initiative as another attempt to block refugees from arriving on Canadian soil and raise concerns over the use of the data in storage.
BBC – Channel Tunnel: “2,000 Migrants” Tried to Enter
Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said. A number of people were injured, a spokesman for Eurotunnel said, without elaborating. Eurotunnel is facing a daily struggle with migrants who attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain, sometimes with fatal consequences. The latest incident caused serious delays to Eurotunnel train services. Passengers were held up for about an hour on the British side and 30 minutes on the French side on Tuesday, French news agency AFP reported. Meanwhile, the UK has agreed to provide an extra £7m ($10.9m) towards efforts to step up security at the Channel Tunnel railhead in Calais, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. […] Eight migrants have died this summer trying to reach Britain through the Channel Tunnel. […] AFP says an official count at the beginning of July found that about 3,000 migrants – mainly from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and Afghanistan – were camping in Calais and trying to get across the Channel. […] Eurotunnel is seeking compensation from the British and French governments for disruption caused by illegal migrants.
Radio Canada International – Une Philippine paralysée évite la déportation du Canada
Maria Victoria Venancio, une femme originaire des Philippines qui était travailleuse étrangère temporaire dans un restaurant à Edmonton en Alberta, ne sera plus explusée du Canada comme initailement prévu. Frappée alors qu’elle se rendait au travail à vélo par un camion il y a trois ans, elle est devenue tétraplégique. Elle ne pouvait donc plus travailler. Son visa temporaire n’ayant alors pas été renouvelé. Elle n’avait plus accès aux soins de santé non plus. En février, le gouvernement fédéral a ordonné sa déportation. Mais Mme Venancio a plaidé sa cause auprès de la ministre de la Santé de l’Alberta Sarah Hoffman, et s’est fait dire qu’elle pouvait rester. Le ministre fédéral de l’Immigration, Chris Alexander, lui a accordé un permis de travail de deux ans, ce qui lui donne le statut légal pour rester au Canada.
Reuters Canada – German Far-Right Protesters Clash with Opponents Over Refugees
Two people were wounded when far-right protesters against the expansion of refugee accommodation in the east German city of Frankfurt an der Oder clashed with counter-demonstrators on Saturday, police said. The evening before, three people were wounded and one person arrested in Dresden, about 190 km (118 miles) away, when around 100 supporters of the right-wing party NPD had an altercation with opponents, police said. Germany is having to accommodate a record-breaking number of asylum-seekers this year as ever greater numbers flee conflicts and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. The country expects to receive about 450,000 asylum applications in 2015, more than double from 2014 when around 200,000 people applied. The government is worried about growing hostility towards immigrants, which has led to demonstrations and some violence towards refugees, including attacks on refugee accommodation. Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 200 assaults on refugee shelters — already more than in the whole of 2014. http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN0PZ0MP20150725
Radio-Canada – Une travailleuse étrangère tétraplégique pourra rester au Canada
Une femme qui a perdu l’usage de ses membres alors qu’elle était travailleuse temporaire à Edmonton a reçu un permis de travail de deux ans, du ministère fédéral de l’Immigration. Vicky Venancio, originaire des Philippines, est devenue tétraplégique à la suite d’un accident de la route en 2012, dans la capitale albertaine. Elle avait été heurtée par un véhicule alors qu’elle se rendait à vélo à son emploi dans un restaurant de la chaîne McDonald. Son permis de travail n’avait alors pas été renouvelé, parce qu’elle ne pouvait plus continuer à travailler comme cuisinière et que son état de santé était susceptible « d’entraîner un fardeau excessif pour les services sociaux ou de santé », selon le gouvernement fédéral. En juin 2014, Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada lui a indiqué qu’elle devait quitter le pays immédiatement. Vicky Venancio a toutefois décidé de rester au Canada clandestinement. Vendredi, la jeune femme a toutefois appris du député conservateur fédéral d’Edmonton-Sherwood Park Tim Uppal qu’un permis de travail ouvert de deux ans, en vigueur immédiatement, lui a été accordé par le ministre de l’Immigration Chris Alexander.
