Media Roundup

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.


Francopresse – « Pas de solution magique » en immigration francophone, selon le ministre Fraser

Entretien – La cible de l’immigration francophone reste inchangée dans le Plan des niveaux d’immigration 2023-2025, malgré des assouplissements dans le système Entrée express. Le ministre Sean Fraser assure qu’il faudra ajouter plusieurs outils à ce système revampé pour augmenter le nombre d’immigrants francophones, plutôt que de mettre en place un seul programme d’immigration économique pour les francophones hors Québec.

https://francopresse.ca/2022/11/11/pas-de-solution-magique-en-immigration-francophone-selon-le-ministre-fraser/

CTV News – ‘He’s at Risk of Being Targeted’: Afghan Refugee Raising Money to Help Bring Brother to Saskatoon

Kamila Jamili has called Saskatoon home after being sponsored and arriving in the city during the summer after fleeing Afghanistan due to the Taliban. While she has friends, a roof over her head, and is slowly adjusting to her new life, there’s one important person who is missing, her younger 18-year-old brother Ali. In October 2021, Ali managed to escape but still isn’t safe.

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/he-s-at-risk-of-being-targeted-afghan-refugee-raising-money-to-help-bring-brother-to-saskatoon-1.6146869

CBC News – After 8 Years, Yazidi Sisters in Winnipeg Celebrate Reunion with Brother Who Was Captured by ISIS

After spending years pleading with the federal government to expedite their brother’s application to come to Canada, Layla and Amal Alhussein have finally reunited with their 13-year-old brother, Ayad. The last time Layla and Amal saw their brother was in Iraq, where their entire family was captured by ISIS in August 2014. The sisters came to Canada in 2018 as refugees through the federal government’s 2017 commitment to settle 1,200 Yazidi refugees and ISIS survivors.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/yazidi-sisters-reunite-with-12-year-old-brother-after-8-year-separation-1.6647835

Globe and Mail – Chinese Human-Rights Activist Accepted as Refugee by Canada Has Gone Missing

Katherine Dong, now a citizen of Canada living in Toronto, said she fears her father has since been deported to China. No one has talked to him since he was arrested in August, she said. Mr. Dong, 64, has already been jailed three times by Beijing for speaking out against Chinese government human-rights violations including the Tiananmen Square massacre. Ms. Dong urged Mr. Trudeau to find out what happened to her father.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-chinese-human-rights-activist-accepted-as-refugee-by-canada-has-gone/

Radio-Canada – L’itinérance menace les migrants du chemin Roxham

Les demandeurs d’asile ont de plus en plus de difficulté à se loger dans la région de Montréal. Quelques-uns se retrouvent même dans la rue, d’autres sont en situation d’itinérance cachée. Vu le manque de places disponibles en raison de la crise du logement, nombreux sont ceux qui se tournent vers les ressources communautaires. À Montréal, il y a trois centres d’hébergement spécialisés pour demandeurs d’asile.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1931276/chemin-roxham-itinerance-montreal-temoignages

CBC News – Quebec Looks to Fast-Track Permanent Residency for Francophone Immigrants

Premier François Legault’s government, which was firmly opposed to increasing the number of immigrants, might create a new program or category that would target immigrants who are already in Quebec, Radio-Canada is reporting. Those immigrants would be graduates from francophone CEGEP colleges and universities as well as temporary workers who have lived in the province for years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-permanent-residency-francophone-immigrant-fast-track-options-1.6645538