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.
Info Radio-Canada – Le Mexique accepte de mettre sur la table une entente sur les tiers pays sûrs
Si l’afflux de migrants vers les États-Unis ne se tarit pas au cours des prochains mois, Mexico et Washington reprendront les négociations, qui incluront notamment l’option de faire du Mexique un tiers pays sûr. Le ministre des Affaires étrangères du Mexique, Marcelo Ebrard, a indiqué au cours d’une conférence de presse, lundi, que le gouvernement mexicain avait accepté que la modification du processus de demandes d’asile revienne à la table des négociations si le flot des migrants transitant par le Mexique pour se rendre à la frontière américaine n’était pas freiné d’ici 45 jours.
Global News – Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund Aims to Help Newcomers Get Canadian Credentials
When Dr. Michael Fatokun moved to Atlantic Canada from Nigeria in 2018, he wished to give his family a better life and continue practising medicine. A new program is set to make that process a little easier. The Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF) is supposed to help up to 200 newcomers like Fatokun pay for the credential recognition process. Through the fund, newcomers are able to borrow up to $15,000 over four years in professions not eligible for student loan funding.
CBC News – Foreign Students Say They ‘Have No Choice’ But to Work More Than Their Permits Allow
For Jobandeep Singh Sandhu, it was his job as a truck driver that got him in trouble. Sandhu’s story is becoming more common as the number of foreign students has spiked in Canada over the past several years to around 600,000, while the resources needed to make sure they’re properly employed and housed have not kept pace, critics say.
CBC News – Quebecers Dance Their Way Into the Hearts of Newcomers
A pair of weather-worn leather shoes taps out the steady rhythm as l’Orkestrad de Kamouraska performs a traditional Québécois reel on stage. The evening’s câller barks out instructions, and dozens of dancers attentively follow — stepping to the right, stepping to the left, spinning their partner ’round and ’round. At first glance, it may look like any other traditional music celebration. But this one in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli has an inviting twist. The locals and old-timers promenading on the dance floor are paired up with recent immigrants to Quebec.
London Free Press – Refugees Turn to Self-Representation at Immigration Hearings After Losing Legal Aid
Provincial cuts to Legal Aid Ontario’s funding for immigration services are already forcing some asylum seekers to try to represent themselves or give up on their cases altogether, a local immigration lawyer says. London-based lawyer Michael Loebach says about one in four of his clients facing appeals after their cases have been rejected are not moving forward with legal representation because they can’t pay for it.
Global News – Employment Rate of Recent Immigrants to Canada Reached New High Last Year: Memo
The share of recent immigrants of prime working age who had employment reached a new high last year, even though Canada has been opening its doors to more newcomers than ever before, according to an internal federal analysis. The increase was likely driven in part by the country’s strong job-creation run, which has encouraged companies to hire more people who usually find themselves at the margins of the workforce, says the document prepared for Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Immigrants who arrived less than five years ago fall into that category.
