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.


CBC News – Immigration Backlog of Nearly 2 Million Applicants Has Forced Some to Wait Years for Updates

According to data provided by the IRCC, Canada has a total backlog around 1.8 million immigration applications. These are broken down into around 448,000 citizenship applications, 519,030 permanent residency applications and 848,598 temporary residency applications. The backlog is due to a combination of greater influx of immigration applications, and less supply “as a direct result of the virus blocking our operations,” Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada, told The Current.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-feb-14-2022-1.6346717/immigration-backlog-of-nearly-2-million-applicants-has-forced-some-to-wait-years-for-updates-1.6352441

CBC News – Refugees in Quebec Will Have to Learn French Within 6 Months

The Quebec government is moving ahead with a controversial part of its proposed language bill, which will require all government officials to communicate with new immigrants exclusively in French, six months after their arrival — with no exceptions for refugees and asylum seekers. The article of Bill 96, which was introduced at the National Assembly last May, was recently approved by the legislative committee studying the bill, amid criticism from opposition Liberal and Québec Solidaire MNAs. The bill is expected to become law this spring but still faces detailed study in committee.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-quebec-refugees-french-1.6355756

Radio-Canada – Immigration Canada « conscient d’un risque de discrimination »

Depuis le début du mois, la sous-ministre adjointe principale d’Immigration Canada, Marian Campbell Jarvis, a décidé de se pencher sur le refus massif de permis d’études visant les étudiants africains francophones. Ces taux de rejet ont grimpé en 2020 à plus de 80 % dans certains pays, comme le Cameroun, le Sénégal, la Côte-d’Ivoire, le Bénin, l’Algérie, la République démocratique du Congo et le Togo.Ces demandes sont traitées à travers un système informatique intitulé Chinook, mis en place dès 2018, qui a été dénoncé par plusieurs experts en raison de son opacité.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1863054/immigration-canada-discrimination-racisme-etudiants-francophones-afrique

Radio-Canada – Francisation des immigrants : aucune exemption pour les réfugiés

Travailleurs qualifiés, gens d’affaires, réfugiés ou demandeurs d’asile, tous les immigrants qui arriveront au Québec feront face prochainement, sans distinction, à une nouvelle règle : l’administration publique ne leur répondra qu’en français. Cette disposition du projet de loi 96, déposé il y a quelques mois à l’Assemblée nationale par le gouvernement de François Legault, vient d’être adoptée en commission parlementaire, malgré les critiques exprimées et l’abstention, au moment du vote, des élus libéraux et solidaires.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1862754/immigration-francais-refugies-quebec-jolin-barrette-legault

Global News – Syrian Refugee Privately Sponsored to Come to B.C. Now Making a Difference in the North

It took a while to get used to, but the colder temperatures of northern B.C. don’t bother Hassan Al Kontar anymore. You may remember Al Kontar’s story from 2018. He’s a Syrian refugee who spent seven months at a Malaysian airport followed by two months in detention, before being privately sponsored for asylum in Canada. He was a barista when he first arrived, but working with the Canadian Red Cross turned out to be his true calling.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8629448/this-is-bc-red-cross-refugee/

CBC News – After Months of Waiting, This Critically Ill Baby Is One Step Closer to Relocating to London, Ont.

A refugee family from Syria has received the green light from the federal government to bring their critically ill child to London, Ont., after months of having an unknown status on their application. Ezzeddin and Midia Alahmad’s one-year-old son Tim, lives with a rare genetic disorder called epidermolysis bullosa, also known as butterfly syndrome. It makes his skin so fragile that it’s prone to frequent blisters, tears, infections, and continuous itching.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/after-months-of-waiting-this-critically-ill-baby-is-one-step-closer-to-relocating-to-london-ont-1.6354035