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 Herald News – Immigrants Prove Big Business for [U.S.] Prison Companies
A decade ago, just 10 percent of the beds in the [U.S.] nation’s civil detention system were in private facilities with little federal oversight. Now, about half the beds are part of a sprawling, private system, largely controlled by just three companies: Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group, and Management and Training Corp. And the growth is far from over, despite the sheer drop in illegal immigration in recent years. CCA was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2000 due to lawsuits, management problems and dwindling contracts. Last year, the company reaped $162 million in net income. Federal contracts made up 43 percent of its total revenues, in part thanks to rising immigrant detention.
The New York Times – Young Immigrants Can File to Defer Deportation August 15
Obama administration officials said Friday that they would begin on Aug. 15 to process applications from hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants expected to seek two-year deferrals of deportation. Applicants will be charged $465 for each request. […] To encourage the maximum number of young people to come forward, Homeland Security officials gave assurances that information from the applications would not be used for immigration enforcement, which is handled by a separate agency.
CBC – MPs Speak Out Over Lack of Immigration Support
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey, and other members of parliament, are speaking out over Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the lack of support for immigrants on the Island. In June, the CIC immigration offices in Charlottetown, Saint John and Moncton closed. After the federal budget was delivered the Citizenship and Immigration Office in Charlottetown was left one half-time employee who does not work directly with the public.
The Guardian – Gay Relationships Could be Factor in U.S. Deportation Cases
After pressure from lawmakers, US homeland security officials have reiterated that a foreigner’s longstanding same-sex relationship with a US citizen could help stave off the threat of deportation. Homeland security spokeswoman Marsha Catron said on Friday that binational gay couples are eligible for consideration under a federal program designed to focus government resources away from low priority deportation cases.
The Globe and Mail – Inheriting Money from Abroad? Understand the Rules
As Canada’s population becomes ever more global, with immigrants bringing wealth from all over the world, a new kind of problem has emerged for estate planners and financial advisers. When estates are bequeathed inside Canada, the laws are often straightforward on what needs to be done, with a proper will and an executor being at the top of the list. But when one or more other countries come into play – as is so often the case with immigrants to Canada – the rules of the game become increasingly muddled.
Edmonton Journal – Immigration terms Unable to Describe Canadian Identity
“First-generation Canadians are typically born in a different country and then they migrate here,” said University of Alberta PhD student Jasmine Thomas. Thomas is a sociology student studying the potential barriers to employment that newcomers face. The confusion comes in when people who are young immigrate to a new country and when the children of immigrants try to find ways to explain their heritage, Thomas said. […] Academics understood the confusion and developed a term to describe the experiences of young children who move to Canada. Generation 1.5 refers to people who immigrated to Canada when they were under the age of 15.
