Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Les noms de plusieurs centaines d’Afghans qui cherchent à fuir le nouveau régime taliban ont récemment été transmis par erreur dans un courriel d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (IRCC), a appris CBC News. Les Afghans touchés par la fuite craignent des représailles des talibans, qui ont pris le pouvoir à Kaboul en août dernier. Certains d’entre eux se cachent en raison de fonctions qu’ils ont occupées dans l’ancien gouvernement afghan, dans les forces armées ou judiciaires ou sur le plan des droits de la personne ou des femmes.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1834526/fuite-courriel-noms-ircc-afghanistan

Canadians will be able to sponsor people fleeing North Korea under a new program to help refugees escaping Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian regime, according to a Toronto-based human rights organization. HanVoice says a pilot program being launched next February will allow Canadian citizens to sponsor women and children who have fled to a neighbouring country, such as Thailand. The U.S., South Korea and Canada currently accept North Korean refugees. North Koreans who head to China are sent back if caught, while those who make it to Thailand have no official status.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-citizens-will-be-able-to-sponsor-fleeing-north-koreans-for-the-first-time-1.5639134

A former intensive-care nurse in the Philippines, Katrina Deauna has watched from the sidelines as Ontario — and all of Canada — struggles with chronic nursing shortages laid bare by the pandemic. While the foreign caregiver enjoys looking after the 18-month-old baby girl and six-year-old son of her Canadian employer, she says, she would rather use her front-line nursing skills and experience to help those fighting for their lives against COVID-19.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/10/26/canada-has-a-big-time-nursing-shortage-so-why-cant-these-two-fully-certified-nurses-get-the-ok-to-practise.html

Basketball phenom Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir says she’s “humbled” by the support she’s received since CBC reported she’s been denied permanent residency in Canada and must return to the U.S. Abdul-Qaadir has made it her life’s work to help Muslim girls through sport. Last Thursday, she received a letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that said she doesn’t “meet the requirements” to stay in Canada with her husband and young son.  “The support has been amazing. I’m truly humbled,” Abdul-Qaadir said Tuesday.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/bilqis-abdul-qaadir-basketball-phenom-support-1.6224420

The names of several hundred vulnerable Afghans seeking refuge from the Taliban were recently leaked in emails sent in error by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The Afghans in question fear reprisals from the Taliban, who took over the country in August. Some are in hiding because of past roles in the Afghan government, armed forces, judiciary, or as human rights or women’s rights activists. One email seen by CBC News listed 200 names. Not only did names and emails appear but also, in some cases, faces could be seen.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghan-data-breach-ircc-1.6224894

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Central Nova MP Sean Fraser to the federal cabinet Tuesday. Fraser is the new minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship. Fraser, a 37-year-old lawyer, is Nova Scotia’s lone representative in the federal cabinet. He was chosen over seven other Liberal MPs from the province including three from metro Halifax — Andy Fillmore, Darren Fisher and Darrell Samson — who were also first elected in 2015.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sean-fraser-appointed-trudeau-cabinet-immigration-minister-1.6225546