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.


Le Nord-Côtier – Une forte augmentation de l’immigration en 10 ans

À Sept-Îles, on parle d’une augmentation de 120% et une hausse de 56% à Baie-Comeau. C’est un total de 535 personnes qui ont immigré lors de la période de recensement. Le nombre de nouveaux arrivants sur la Côte-Nord a surtout augmenté dans les deux dernières années. Ce phénomène est directement lié à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, selon la responsable des services aux immigrants au Centre alpha LIRA de Sept-Îles, Hélène Lejeune.

https://lenord-cotier.com/2022/11/04/une-forte-augmentation-de-limmigration-en-10-ans/

Le Devoir – Trop d’Africains sont privés de permis d’étude au Québec, dénoncent des cégeps

Les dirigeants de certaines institutions collégiales du Québec affirment que 80 % à 90 % des étudiants internationaux qu’ils ont acceptés d’Afrique se voient refuser des permis d’études par le gouvernement fédéral, ce qui compromet leur capacité à offrir des programmes et soulève des questions sur la partialité du système d’immigration. Au CÉGEP de la Gaspésie et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, seuls deux des 19 étudiants africains qui ont été acceptés et qui ont demandé des permis d’étude ont pu en obtenir un. Au Collège d’Alma, au Lac-St-Jean, 20 étudiants sur 139 ont obtenu un permis.

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/769514/des-cegeps-denoncent-que-trop-d-africains-soient-prives-de-permis-d-etude-au-quebec

CityNews – The Number of Mexican Asylum Seekers in Canada Has Increased Dramatically

They say they are fleeing Mexico in search of jobs and safety, but statistics show most applicants from the country are rejected. From January to mid-October, 6,501 of the 7,968 Mexican asylum seekers arriving in Canada by air landed in Montreal, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. That’s almost six times as many as arrived at the airport with the second largest number of Mexican refugee claimants — Toronto Pearson Airport — which recorded 1,108 over the same period.

https://kitchener.citynews.ca/national-news/the-number-of-mexican-asylum-seekers-in-canada-has-increased-dramatically-6056320

Global News – Some Quebec Junior Colleges Say Ottawa Denies 80 to 90 Per Cent of Study Permits from Africa

Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they’ve accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ability to offer programs and raising questions about bias in the immigration system. Frédéric Tremblay, the communications head at Alma College, said the main reason given for refusing study permits is that authorities don’t believe the applicant will return home after studying — even as the province hopes to retain them.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9252775/quebec-cegeps-africa-study-permits/

 

CBC News – ‘I Just Need a Chance to Live Again’: Jamaican Migrant Worker with Cancer Begs to Stay in N.S.

A seasonal farm worker from Jamaica is fighting to stay in Nova Scotia for cancer treatment, saying it would be a death sentence for her to go home. Kerian Burnett, 42, was hired by a Colchester County farm through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) in April. She picked strawberries for about two months before she began experiencing severe pain. By June, the pain was so extreme that she stopped working and was ultimately diagnosed with cervical cancer in mid-September.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/jamaican-temporaryforeignworker-cancer-novascotia-1.6637102

Globe and Mail – Smaller Centres Poised to Benefit from the Coming Population Boom

The city of Peterborough, Ont., has a synagogue, a mosque and a Buddhist temple. City hall hired its first diversity, equity and inclusion officer last year. The changes brought in entrepreneurs with new businesses, younger residents and families that revitalized the community, and greater cultural diversity, says Diane Therrien, the outgoing mayor. The new influx gave Peterborough a peek at what may lie ahead for other similar-sized centres in Canada.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-smaller-centres-poised-to-benefit-from-the-coming-population-boom/