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.
The Guardian – London Metropolitan University to Take Legal Action Against UK Border Agency
London Metropolitan University has announced it is to commence legal action against the UK Border Agency’s decision to revoke its license to sponsor international students. The institution said on Monday night that it was making the move so that its students can return to study “as a matter of urgency”. […] The government revoked the university’s highly trusted status for sponsoring international students last week after it found more than a quarter of a sample of its students did not have permission to stay in the country.
Xinhau News – New Zealand Border Control Officers Take on New Search, Detention Powers
New Zealand immigration officers took on a range of new search and detention powers Monday, in a move the government said would protect the integrity of the country’s border. […]The new powers, including methods of safe detention, and risk and conflict management taught by the New Zealand Police, would allow them to act quickly on information they received to deport people who were in the country illegally. Last year the compliance operations team assisted with 1,410 voluntary departures, served 1,332 deportation liability notices and affected 742 deportations.
Globe and Mail – Why Highly Educated Immigrant Parents Choose Canada
According to Statistics Canada, about 10 per cent of Canadian students were born elsewhere. In major metropolitan areas such as Vancouver and Toronto, that proportion climbs as to high at 25 per cent, including postsecondary. In these immigration hot spots, schools often have settlement workers, and some school districts, including Toronto, Peel, Calgary and Vancouver, have welcoming centres that are sometimes the first point of contact for families newly arrived in Canada. […] Over the past five years, urban school boards have seen increased need and have begun expanding these programs, which are generally funded with a combination of federal and provincial dollars.
Globe and Mail – Banks Look to Immigrant Market for Growth
Major banks are duking it out to attract Canadian immigrants, a key market in a retail banking sector that is grappling with an aging population and a tighter lending environment. Some of Canada’s largest financial institutions are offering unsecured credit cards, multilingual banking services, periods of no-fee banking and help sending money to relatives overseas. […] While these products can be helpful, offering unsecured credit cards to immigrants introduces them to risks too, said Adam Fair, a program manager for the Canadian Centre for Financial Literacy.
Winnipeg Free Press – Protesters Decry Spain’s Move to Deny Many Illegal Immigrants Free Health Care
Some 300 people blocked a ring road in the Spanish capital Saturday to protest spending cuts that will leave large numbers of illegal immigrants without access to free health care. Many undocumented immigrants who do not contribute taxes to social security are, as of Saturday, to lose the national health cards that had entitled them to free treatment. The decision contradicts a pillar of Spain’s welfare state — free health care for anyone in need — and it comes as the country struggles with 25 per cent unemployment and massive financial problems.
Winnipeg Free Press – Brandon Has New Foreign Workers
Forty new foreign workers from El Salvador have arrived in Brandon to work at Maple Leaf Foods. The group came to the Wheat City Aug. 14 as part of the company’s latest recruitment effort to bring 200 new workers in from El Salvador and Honduras. […] This is the first group of foreign workers recruited since a federal policy change to the provincial nominee program came into effect. As of July 1, immigrants will have to pass a language-proficiency test to apply for permanent residency. Previously, there was no language test. Workers will now have to pass an English test 18 months after they arrive as a foreign temporary worker.
