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.


Global News – Host Volunteers Needed in Calgary to House Ukrainians Fleeing the War

As the bloody war in Ukraine churns on, so does the need for Canadians to open their doors to those fleeing it. The Calgary Catholic Immigration Society is putting a call out for volunteers. “With the increase in numbers of Ukrainian arrivals in the past few weeks we are desperately looking for more volunteer host families,” said Mariana Solomchak, project manager of Ukrainian Services for Calgary Catholic Immigration Society.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9092704/host-volunteers-needed-calgary-house-ukrainians-fleeing-war/

CBC News – New Program to Fast-Track Driver’s Licences for Some P.E.I. Immigrants

Experienced drivers moving to P.E.I. from some foreign countries will soon be able to earn their full Class 5 licence without spending at least a year in the graduated program. The province is working on a program with driving schools. Once they have their full Class 5, they are able to apply for classification to become commercial drivers — for example, a taxi or truck driver.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-newcomer-driving-licence-1.6547103

Toronto Star – Immigration Law Change Leaves Some Newcomers Struggling to Prove That Their Marriages Are Genuine

Deeparani Harishkumar Dhaliwal says her spousal sponsorship to let her husband join her in Canada has been refused four times on the ground that it’s not a genuine marriage. Family reunification has long been considered an important reason to let spouses come to Canada. However, some newcomers such as Dhaliwal face years of bureaucracy, culturally loaded questions about marriage and a subjective evaluation process, with their families’ future at stake.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/08/29/immigration-law-change-leaves-some-newcomers-struggling-to-prove-that-their-marriages-are-genuine.html

La Presse – Fraude pour obtenir la citoyenneté. Un stratagème « très profitable »

Simuler une vie entière à Montréal pour obtenir frauduleusement la citoyenneté canadienne ? C’est ce qu’un consultant en immigration québécois offrait à des familles turques un stratagème « très profitable ». Georges Massoud a été condamné lundi à deux ans de prison à domicile et à une amende de 125 000 $. De fausses déclarations de revenus, des relevés scolaires bidon, des entreprises fictives, etc. Georges Massoud et ses complices fabriquaient à leurs clients des vies entières au Québec.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2022-08-28/fraude-pour-obtenir-la-citoyennete/un-stratageme-tres-profitable.php#

Le Presse – Manifestation contre un nouveau centre de détention de migrants

Des militants s’opposent à l’ouverture imminente d’un nouveau centre de détention de migrants à Laval et appellent Ottawa à changer son approche en la matière. Ils se sont rassemblés dimanche devant les bureaux de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) dans le Complexe Guy-Favreau, au centre-ville de Montréal. « On est là pour dire aux gens qu’on ne peut pas commercialiser les migrants, que leur place n’est pas en centre de réinsertion ou de rééducation, que ça n’a aucun sens de les parker comme ça dans des prisons », a dénoncé le porte-parole de Solidarité sans frontières, Hady Anne.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2022-08-28/manifestation-contre-un-nouveau-centre-de-detention-de-migrants.php

CBC News – He Worked for the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan. Now, He’s Being Told to Move into a Shelter

Nearly a year after Mohammad Fahim Rahmani set foot in Canada, the support he and his family received through the federal Resettlement Assistance Program is coming to an end — even as his parents’ permanent residence paperwork languish in the processing queue with the federal government. The program provides up to a year of direct financial support, temporary accommodation and referrals to community-based services as needed.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/afghan-refugees-hotels-canada-toronto-1.6559942