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.
Radio-Canada – Noël pour les nouveaux arrivants en Gaspésie
En cette veille de Noël, la fête s’organise pour les nouveaux arrivants malgré l’éloignement de la famille et de leurs proches. Ils sont actuellement 44 étudiants internationaux qui poursuivent leur formation au Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles. Ils vivent le plus souvent à Gaspé ou à Carleton. Plusieurs rentrent dans leurs pays pour la période des Fêtes. D’autres passent Noël à Montréal ou à Québec, où ils ont de la famille ou des amis. Un peu moins d’une quinzaine demeureront en Gaspésie durant les Fêtes. Certains profitent d’un parrainage auprès d’une famille avec qui ils passeront Noël. Les autres ne resteront pas seuls, assure le responsable de l’accueil du Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles, Igor Urban.
TVA Nouvelles – Immigrants établis à Montréal : L’Italie cède la place à Haïti
L’Italie cède la place à Haïti comme premier pays de naissance des immigrants établis à Montréal, rang qu’elle occupait pourtant depuis des décennies. La métropole a connu une forte hausse de l’immigration en provenance d’Haïti dans les trente dernières années, contrairement à l’immigration italienne, selon les données de l’Enquête nationale auprès des ménages de 2011, récemment rendues publiques. « Si on regarde les données statistiques, 83% des Italiens à Montréal sont arrivés au pays avant 1971. Pour la même année, seulement 3% des Haïtiens étaient déjà ici. Ils sont plutôt arrivés par vagues d’immigration pendant les années 1980 », explique Hélène Maheux, analyste pour Statistique Canada.
Toronto Star – How Have Refugees Become Canada’s New Boogeymen?
Earlier this month when Ontario instated basic temporary health care for refugee claimants in the province, the Toronto Sun’s response was a story about a young Ontarian suffering from Cystic Fibrosis whose medication is not covered by OHIP: we don’t have the money to pay for Ontarians, but we provide care to refugees? “Let refugee claimants hold bake sales for their health care,” wrote Christina Blizzard. Let’s not pretend for a moment that giving refugees access to basic care means less health care for the rest of us. The cost of care for refugees is a pittance; in 2010-2011, the average cost of benefits for a refugee claimant was 10 per cent of the average per capita cost of health and social services for Canadians. Moreover, the province’s decision-making when it comes to providing special drugs might indeed deserve criticism, but not at the expense of other vulnerable people.
Georgia Straight – Is Canada Prepared for Climate Change Refugees?
Among other drivers, the reality of a changing environment triggered by climate change is putting people in Bangladesh on the move. “In Bangladesh, the estimate is that 30 to 50 million people will be displaced by rising sea level by 2050,’’ Mohammad Zaman, the executive director of the Vancouver-based Society for Bangladesh Climate Justice (SBCJ), says in a phone interview with the Georgia Straight. […] Exactly how many people will migrate globally is difficult to conclude in light of the many factors to consider. A 2009 report by the International Organization for Migration estimates that there will be between 200 million and 1 billion migrants due to climate change by 2050. How such migrants will be received is even more difficult to conclude—but there are some telling signs.
Toronto Star – Pearson Airport: Home Away from Home for Thousands
Many of the immigrant employees at the airport said they live close by simply because that’s where they originally settled when they arrived, or because their ethnic community — most notably enclaves of South Asians — has put down Canadian roots in the area. It’s a common development: London’s Heathrow airport, for example, has also prompted the emergence of large immigrant neighbourhoods in nearby areas such as Southall and Hounslow. […] Meyer Burstein, a former director-general with Citizenship and Immigration Canada who now consults on immigration policy and analysis, says recent data explains why immigrant groups have found the airport vicinity a good place to settle rather than the urban centre. It’s a result of “push factors,” Burstein suggests: “immigrants not settling as much near the core of metropolitan cities because of housing costs, congestion and lack of opportunity. “I would say, in the last decade or so, we’re seeing that increasing.”
The Record – Newcomers Celebrate Christmas Canadian Style
Reception House […] is a welcoming centre for government assisted refugees where they are provided a place to stay and services to help them find jobs and homes. Every year, staff host this party for clients who this year came from Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, Sudan and Burma. Most of the families have been placed in their own apartments, but several are still living at Reception House including a single Somali mother with 10 children. For all these families, particularly the children, gathering at Reception House for the party is a uniquely Canadian experience. […] Tamourt, a settlement worker at Reception House, has been in Canada since 2004, arriving from Algeria via Germany where she was studying for five years before immigrating. Being in Germany, she said, gave her a sense of how Christmas is celebrated in non-Muslim cultures though even in Algeria, Santa is known.
