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.
CBC – Italy Rescues 1,500 Migrants at Sea in Less than 24 Hours
Italian navy and coast guard ships rescued around 1,500 migrants aboard five boats in the southern Mediterranean in less than 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. All of the migrants were rescued on Saturday by two coast guard ships and one navy ship in five separate operations, the coast guard said in a statement. Three of the migrants’ boats were in difficulty and sent rescue requests via satellite phones while they were off the coast of Libya. The Italian vessels spotted the other two while heading for the others. The migrants were all transported onto the Italian ships and were being taken to either the island of Lampedusa or ports in Sicily, the statement said. […] During the first two months of this year, arrivals were up 43 per cent versus the same period of 2014, officials have said.
Chinese students are flocking to Australia, making up a fifth of about 400,000 people seeking an education Down Under. At Federation, more than 44 per cent of the students attending Australia’s newest university come from overseas with most paying fees that are about double those paid by locals. Education is now Australia’s fourth-largest export with record revenue of 16.69 billion Australian dollars ($13 billion US) last year, as a relaxation of visa rules helped draw more students. […]The number of people on student visas at the end of October was greater than the population of the capital city Canberra, according to government data. Students from China were the largest group, making up 21 per cent of the total while 14 per cent were from India. […]”The universities need the revenue from international students: They charge them fees that are way in excess of what domestic students pay,” Andrew Norton, director of the higher education program at the Grattan Institute, a non-partisan think-tank, said by phone from Canberra. “It’s a hugely profitable business, and huge profits attract players.”
CBC – Nova Scotia Refugee Health Services Get Medical Clinic Space
Some help from Capital Health means refugees arriving in Nova Scotia will not have to have urgent care needs addressed in a room in a local non-profit organization’s office. Capital Health is in the process of hiring a nurse to work with incoming refugees 1.5 days a week and doctors working with the refugee health program will soon have a space in a clinic to examine patients. It’s a big step for care for those coming to the province, said Gerry Mills, Director of Operations, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS). Right now, patients are being seen for assessments in ISANS’s office, in a room that is also used as a classroom at other times in the week, with paper covering windows for privacy. […] As part of Canada’s humanitarian commitment the province has about 200 refugees arriving each year. Many come from refugee camps or other potentially violent situations, said Mills. […] Many enter the country needing vaccinations, mental health and oral health care needs. Some arrive with undiagnosed chronic conditions, lack of medication for ailments such as heart conditions or diabetes.
Radio-Canada – Une travailleuse étrangère déplore la perte de son emploi au N.-B.
Une travailleuse philippine qui gagnait à Cap-Pelé de quoi faire vivre ses quatre enfants dans son pays déplore qu’elle ne puisse plus retourner travailler au Nouveau-Brunswick à la suite du changement des règles du programme fédéral des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. « Nous sommes si tristes parce que nous ne pouvons plus travailler », affirme Josephine Angott, rejointe aux Philippines par Skype. Mme Angott a commencé à travailler dans l’usine Cap Bald Packers en 2011. Elle comptait y retourner le mois prochain, mais ce n’est plus possible, car elle a atteint la nouvelle limite de quatre ans. Depuis le 1er avril, Emploi et Développement social Canada limite à quatre ans le temps cumulatif pendant lequel tout travailleur étranger temporaire peut rester au Canada. […] « Voilà où elle en est maintenant », indique Roland Moreno, président fondateur de la Communauté philippino-canadienne du Nouveau-Brunswick. « Elle ne pourra revenir que dans quatre ans. » M. Moreno affirme que ce n’est que le début d’une vague de travailleurs philippins qui ne pourront retourner au Nouveau-Brunswick.
Radio Canada International – Couverture médicale spéciale refusée à une travailleuse temporaire devenue tétraplégique
Le gouvernement albertain refuse d’accorder une couverture médicale spéciale à une femme devenue tétraplégique à la suite d’un accident en 2012 alors qu’elle vivait à Edmonton comme travailleuse temporaire étrangère. Maria Victoria Venancio, âgée de 29 ans, avait décidé de rester au Canada illégalement après l’expiration de son visa. Elle avait été incapable de renouveler son permis après avoir subi un accident de vélo qui l’a presque entièrement paralysée au-dessous de la poitrine en juin 2012. Elle est maintenant confinée à un fauteuil roulant et ne peut pas travailler. La jeune femme avait obtenu l’aide du député conservateur Thomas Lukaszuk pour tenter de recevoir du soutien de la province. Mardi, une lettre du ministre de la Santé Stephen Mandel a anéanti son espoir de recevoir une aide médicale exceptionnelle. Le ministre affirme qu’il doit s’en tenir aux lois et aux normes établies en matière d’immigration. L’enseignante dans le domaine des droits de la personne Yessy Byl croit que le gouvernement albertain a une obligation morale d’aider les travailleurs temporaires étrangers afin de reconnaître leur contribution à l’économie et à la société albertaine.
Georgia Straight – Qmunity’s Dara Parker: Proving Queerness a Challenge for LGBT Refugees in B.C.
Every LGBTQ refugee who arrives in B.C. is required to testify in front of a hearing board. These boards have varying levels of queer competence. Which means that they may not understand why a lesbian has children. Or that a gay man was married to a woman out of cultural necessity. Or that a trans person could not live openly without fear of police-inflicted violence and therefore has no history in their gender identity. […] Sometimes in the Vancouver/Canada bubble, it’s easy to forget that it is still illegal to be queer in over 80 countries. In five countries it is punishable by death. It’s also easy to mistake arriving in Canada for being safe. The reality is that the economic, cultural and employment barriers that exist for refugees can be overwhelming. This in addition to many people having survived serious traumas prior to arriving in Canada. Imagine having to hide who you are your entire life, only to try and immediately undo those deeply embedded learnings in a new language, new climate, and new culture.
