The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
Opinion: It’s Time for Justice for the Rohingya Community – and Women Can’t Be Left Behind
On Thursday, the International Court of Justice handed down provisional measures in Gambia’s case against the Myanmar military, demanding an end to the persecution of the Rohingya. These steps toward accountability are critically important, both for Rohingya survivors and for future peace and stability in Myanmar. But justice for the Rohingya cannot be complete if the regime fails to account for the systematic atrocities it orchestrated against Rohingya women and girls.
Global News – Brandon, Winnipeg Police Seeing Increase in Phone Scams: ‘It’s Definitely Concerning’
The Winnipeg Police Service says it’s seeing a spike in reports of scams where fraudsters impersonate someone from the Canada Revenue Agency or another government department, and ask for personal information like social insurance numbers. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre also says in 2018 they received over 22,000 reports of phone scams related to the Canada Revenue Agency and Citizenship & Immigration Canada. That resulted in over 1,400 victims and a loss of $6.4 million.
CBC News – U.S. Border Officers Were Told to Target Iranian-Born Travellers, Officer Alleges in Email
U.S. border officers working at multiple Canada-U.S. border crossings were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers in early January, said a U.S. border officer in an email obtained by CBC News. The allegation follows reports that up to 200 people of Iranian descent travelling from B.C. — many of them Canadian or U.S. citizens — were detained and questioned for hours at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Wash., during the weekend of Jan. 4.
CTV News – Parents Call for Change to Citizenship Law that Treats Adopted Children like ‘Second-Class Citizens’
The first-generation limit prevents foreign-born children from passing on their Canadian citizenship to their own offspring if they, too, are born abroad. It also bars these Canadian foreign-born citizens from applying for a direct citizenship grant for their own children if they, too, are adopted or born abroad. There are currently two routes to citizenship for foreign-born children who are adopted by Canadian parents.
National Post – Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Human Smuggling Case, Affirming Acquittals
The Supreme Court of Canada has effectively upheld the acquittal of three people who were charged with human smuggling after a rickety ship arrived off the coast of British Columbia carrying hundreds of Tamil migrants. In a decision Thursday, the high court turned down the Crown’s application for an appeal hearing in the case. In August 2010, the Canadian navy intercepted the cargo ship MV Sun Sea carrying 492 people from strife-torn Sri Lanka and escorted it to CFB Esquimalt, near Victoria.
Info Radio-Canada – Le PQ s’oppose à l’idée d’élargir l’accès à l’école anglaise pour les immigrants
Alors que la tutrice de la Commission scolaire English-Montreal, Marlene Jennings, demande à Québec d’envisager de faciliter l’accès à l’école anglaise pour certaines catégories de nouveaux arrivants, le chef péquiste Pascal Bérubé, lui, demande de résister et de ne « pas affaiblir à nouveau la loi 101 ». L’ancienne députée fédérale Marlene Jennings assure la tutelle partielle de la Commission scolaire English-Montreal (CSEM) depuis novembre dernier.
