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.
CBC News – As Quebec Cuts Immigration, Businesses Turn to Temporary Foreign Workers
As the Quebec government slashes immigration levels this year, it is also overseeing a huge increase in the number of temporary foreign workers coming to the province. The inflow of temporary workers is helping Quebec deal with an increasingly dire labour shortage, but experts say the strategy is unsustainable economically and makes newcomers more vulnerable to exploitation. Under the federal temporary foreign worker program, Quebec’s consent is required to bring a worker to the province.
CBC News – Immigration Minister Pushes Back as UN Agency Urges Quebec to Take More Refugees
A representative from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is urging Quebec to take in more refugees — not fewer — in the face of a historic level of displacement across the globe. “It’s not only good for the refugees. But it’s also good for the province and for the country because they contribute to the society — economically and socially,” Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the agency’s point person in Canada, said Thursday.
Toronto Star – Testy Words Exchanged Between Quebec Immigration Minister and UN Refugee Representative
Quebec has spent hundreds of millions of dollars resettling refugees and asylum seekers over the past few years, which is more than its fair share, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette told a United Nations representative Thursday during a testy exchange at the legislature. In response, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the representative in Canada of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Jolin-Barrette seems to consider asylum seekers a “burden” on Quebec society.
ICI Alberta – L’immigration canadienne : un « labyrinthe bureaucratique » pour les demandeurs d’asile
Le système d’immigration canadien est « un labyrinthe bureaucratique » pour les demandeurs d’asile qui s’y aventurent, conclut un rapport de l’Institut de politique publique de l’Université de Calgary. Ce dernier estime qu’Ottawa doit embaucher le personnel nécessaire pour désengorger un système qui, à l’heure actuelle, « ne rend service à personne ». Le document publié jeudi note l’abondance de commissions, de ministères, d’agences et de bureaux engagés dans le triage et l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile.
Le Soleil – Immigration : le ministre Jolin-Barrette rabroue le représentant de l’ONU
L’Assemblée nationale a été le théâtre jeudi d’un échange musclé entre le ministre de l’Immigration, Simon Jolin-Barrette, et le représentant du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés. Jean-Nicolas Beuze a invité le Québec à accueillir davantage de réfugiés, qui sont parmi ceux qui s’intègrent le mieux sur le plan économique et social, selon lui.
Toronto Star – Canada Is Failing Another Child Refugee Facing Deportation to a Country He Does Not Know
Canada is failing Abdilahi Elmi, a Somali former child-refugee who is facing deportation to Somalia on Wednesday. Elmi arrived in 1994 as a child refugee, at the age of 10, after living in a refugee camp with his grandmother for several years. A few years later, he was removed from his family home and placed in state care. Elmi ended up living on the streets by 16 and became involved in the criminal justice system.
