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 – Migrant Caregivers Make Fresh Call for Better Immigration Program
Migrant caregivers organized a sombre Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday calling for the federal government to ease barriers to permanent resident (PR) status. Care workers set up a display at Bloor Street West and Spadina Avenue to symbolize the family they wish to bring to Canada from their home countries. Filipino care worker Jhoey Cruz has been separated from her two daughters for 16 years. Cruz said the prospect of bringing her children here is bleak since Canada’s current caregiver immigration program expires in November with no firm replacement program in place.
Global News – Canada Wants More International Students — But Getting a Visa Isn’t Easy for Some
At a time when Canada is attracting more students from around the world, there are concerns qualified applicants from certain countries are getting turned away because of its visa process. Most students have been coming to Canada in recent years from India and China. Fazley Siddiq, a University of New Brunswick professor who served as dean of the business department, said visas have been a headache for applicants from countries like Pakistan and Nigeria.
CBC News – Community Comes Together to Restore New Refugee Welcome Centre
When the Harper family first walked into apartment 107 in what has become the new home for Matthew House Windsor, they were shocked to find patchy drywall, scraped cupboards and nearly-unlivable conditions. “Before, it was a disaster,” said Don Harper. Now, the 15 members of the Harper family who all helped renovate the apartment together are applying the finishing touches, before a refugee mother walks in with her three daughters to call it home.
Globe and Mail – The Accidental City: For Scores of Rohingya Refugees, a Safe Camp Is Hardly a Home
Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar are busy setting up their lives in a corner of Bangladesh. They have escaped brutal repression and any talk of being repatriated is dismissed: the Rohingya simply do not trust the regime in the country they fled. But no one knows where they will settle for good, and finding hope for the future feels impossible for many.
CBC News – Supreme Court Says Migrants Can Bring Detention Challenge to Judge
In a 6-1 decision released Friday, justices ruled in favour of Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina, a Pakistani national who challenged his prolonged detention in a maximum-security remand centre in Calgary. He was detained because he was deemed a security risk. His case was reviewed regularly by an immigration tribunal, which repeatedly ordered him detained as a flight risk. The majority of the justices found the tribunal process does not provide for a review that is “as broad and advantageous” as a hearing before a Superior Court.
CTV News – Winnipeg’s Somali Community Voices Concern Over Deportations
Members of Winnipeg’s Somali community held a small rally to speak out about deportations. They’re concerned asylum seekers, whose refugee claims in Canada have been denied because of criminal convictions, are being deported without valid travel documentation. The group says the country’s unsafe due to daily bombings and assassinations. Yahya Hasheem said if people are going to be deported, the group would like the Canadian government to do more to verify they’re from Somalia and make sure people are handed over to the authorities on arrival.
