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.
Global News – How Canada Reduced the Number of Children Held in Immigration Detention
In 2014-15, there were 232 minors held in immigration detention, according to the Canada Border Services Agency, which can detain people if someone’s identity is in question, if they are suspected to be a threat to public safety, or if they’re considered a flight risk. That number has dropped every year since. The data for 2018-19 so far shows that 113 minors have been held in detention — a 51 per cent drop in less than five years.
Radio-Canada – Info – La capitaine du navire humanitaire Sea-Watch arrêtée en Italie
Les autorités italiennes ont procédé samedi matin à l’arrestation de la capitaine du navire humanitaire de l’ONG allemande Sea-Watch, Carola Rackete, pour avoir amarré le navire transportant des migrants dans le port de l’île de Lampedusa, en dépit du refus du gouvernement italien. Le navire, sous pavillon néerlandais, était bloqué dans les eaux internationales depuis plus de deux semaines après avoir récupéré 53 migrants au large des côtes libyennes.
CBC News – Brothers Sing National Anthem to Thank Canada for Welcoming Them
Owais Almaidani can’t remember much from the day he arrived in his new Canadian home. But the cold weather on that February day has stuck with the now seven-year-old boy. He and his younger brother, Laith, four, wanted to record a video of them singing O Canada as a thank-you to the country that welcomed his family in 3½ years ago. It took Owais two weeks to learn the anthem, he said, before he got his mother, Marwa Almaidani, to record the finished product.
CTV News – Canada’s Population Clock Shows Demographic Changes in Real Time
Within the span of just a few minutes, an online tool from Statistics Canada offers an evocative snapshot of the country’s ever-shifting population through a series of statistically modelled demographic events. The so-called “population clock” — which went live shortly after Canada Day last year — uses StatCan data to present a real-time visualization of the country’s major demographic trends, including births, deaths, immigration and emigration.
Global News – Less Than 900 ‘Irregular’ Asylum Seekers Removed From Canada Since 2017 Surge
Since early 2017, more than 45,000 migrants have arrived in Canada irregularly by entering the country mainly through a forest path between New York State and Quebec, avoiding official border checkpoints where they would be turned away and told to file refugee claims in the United States. So far, only 866 have been removed from Canada after their refugee claims were rejected, according to figures tabled recently in the House of Commons.
La Presse – Moins de 900 migrants irréguliers ont été expulsés depuis 2017
De nouvelles statistiques fédérales montrent que l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada a renvoyé un peu moins de 900 demandeurs d’asile qui étaient entrés au Canada en exploitant une faille dans les lois sur les réfugiés. Depuis le début de 2017, plus de 45 000 migrants sont entrés au Canada de façon irrégulière en empruntant un sentier forestier entre l’État de New York et le Québec – le chemin Roxham, près de Lacolle -, évitant ainsi les points de contrôle frontaliers officiels, où ils auraient été automatiquement refoulés aux États-Unis.
