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.
Cape Breton Post – Canadian Museum of Immigration Reopens in Halifax Following Expansion
The newly renovated Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax officially reopened Thursday, following a $30-million expansion. The building on the Halifax waterfront was the entry point for close to 1,000,000 immigrants to Canada between 1928 and 1971. […] Renovations at Pier 21 include a new permanent exhibit on the past four centuries of immigration to Canada and updates to the existing exhibit on the building’s history as a point of entry for immigrants.
A local immigration law expert is calling a $25-million federally funded exhibit to be unveiled Thursday at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax a “hypocritical” move by a government that has systematically made Canada inaccessible to those seeking to make it their home. Lee Cohen, who has spent the last three decades working as an immigration lawyer in Halifax, says the federal government has gone out of its way in the past number of years to make Canada as “inhospitable as it’s been since the Second World War for immigrants and refugees.” “It is both disturbing and mysterious that Canada is spending such a huge chunk of money on this museum that’s already there and not spending money on those who need to get to Canada for safety and security,” Cohen said in an interview. The new exhibit, at the historic Pier 21, is a sight to behold. The visually rich design is peppered with interactive displays and high-tech touch screens outlining a centuries-long dance with immigration and the stories of the settlers who helped build Canada.
Hamilton Spectator – Proof of Love? For Immigration Canada, 532 Page Report isn’t Enough
Maria Canella and her husband, Kurtis Lee Boulianne, were convinced nothing was missing from their spousal sponsorship application for her immigration to Canada. The 532-page “proof of relationship” they filed included: six pages of wedding receipts, 18 pages of congratulatory wedding cards, 30 pages of wedding photos, 21 pages of plane tickets, 39 pages of emails, 29 pages of cards and love letters, 57 pages of Facebook history, 36 pages of Skype and FaceTime records and 137 pages of iMessage chat logs. So the couple was shocked when, via an email in May, immigration officials requested additional proof their marriage is legitimate. “Honestly, I felt insulted (because of) the extensive documentation we’d already submitted. What more do they need?” said Canella, 29, a high school teacher from New York who met Ottawa resident Boulianne, 26, online in 2009 and married him in May 2014. “There’s no other explanation. Either they lost the whole file of support documents or they just didn’t look at what we had in the application package,” added Boulianne, who just graduated with a degree in computer science from Carleton University.
Global News – Feds Spend $265M over 5 Years on Controversial Detainee Program: Documents
The Conservative government has spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars over five years to continue its often criticized practice of detaining potential immigrants and refugee claimants. “We don’t know what led to these detentions, we don’t know when these detainees will be released. We need to start shedding light on this,” said New Democrat immigration critic Andrew Cash. “The government has spent more than $250 million detaining eight- to 10,000 people per year including hundreds of children, and there is no oversight.” Costs related to detaining migrants, asylum seekers or immigrants have increased over the three most recent years with available data, despite a decreasing number of detainees being held across the country, according to Canadian Border Services Agency figures recently published. Between 2012-13 and 2013-14, costs of detaining individuals under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act increased more than 10 per cent despite a 13 per cent decrease in the number of people held over the same time period, according to the figures tabled in the House of Commons late last week.
Reuters – Hungary Defies EU Over Migrants as Crisis Mounts
In a challenge to European leaders before a summit that aims to tackle a refugee crisis, Hungary unilaterally suspended an EU asylum program on Tuesday, saying it was overburdened by illegal migrants. As Italy said its ships had rescued 3,700 migrants at sea since Monday and Libyans threatened military action against EU moves to curb human trafficking, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government demonstrated Budapest’s frustration with proposals to spread asylum seekers around the continent by refusing to take any more migrants sent there under EU regulations. With EU leaders due to debate a new scheme on Thursday to relocate Mediterranean migrants landing in Italy and Greece, the European Commission demanded an immediate explanation after Hungary stopped accepting foreigners returned there from other EU states for their asylum requests to be handled by Budapest.
Leader-Post – Website Expedites Immigration Process for Skilled Foreign Workers
Highly skilled foreign workers will now find it quicker and easier to come to Saskatchewan, find work and become permanent residents, thanks to the new online application system for the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). On Tuesday. the provincial government officially launched the improved website for SINP, which was given a boost earlier in the year with addition of the new Saskatchewan Express Entry category. The Saskatchewan Express Entry category will add 775 additional immigrant nominees to the SINP, bringing the total number of SINP nominations up to 5,500 for 2015. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has committed to processing these applications within six months or less, which makes the new category an attractive option for potential immigrants. […] Saskatchewan Express Entry will also reduce application backlogs by nominating only the most qualified and experienced individuals to apply to the SINP.
