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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.
Lors de sermons dans 69 mosquées partout au pays au cours du week-end, des imams ont lancé un appel coordonné pour inviter leur communauté à voter lors des prochaines élections fédérales prévues pour l’automne. L’initiative est celle d’un groupe non partisan qui espère que la participation des Canadiens musulmans sera plus forte que lors des années précédentes.
“It’s extremely real. If you go and visit schools with refugee kids, you can see they are isolated, they are struggling,” said Zainab Ibrahim, a counsellor with DIVERSEcity in Vancouver. “My biggest fear is already happening … a young girl took her life.” Amal Alshteiwi died in March after her parents said she told them she had been bullied at school for months. One thing is clear: the little Syrian-Calgarian girl’s well-being was in serious jeopardy, and some worry she may not be the only one in trouble.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5187505/9-year-old-syrian-refugee-suicide-mental-health/
Le chef d’une milice armée patrouillant le long de la frontière américano-mexicaine pour capturer des migrants a été arrêté pour port d’arme prohibé, a annoncé samedi le FBI, alors que le Mexique a dénoncé les « intimidations et extorsions » perpétrées par ce type de groupuscule. « Cette arrestation par le FBI indique clairement que l’application de la loi doit rester entre les mains d’agents des forces de l’ordre bien entraînés, et non de justiciers armés », a déclaré le procureur général du Nouveau-Mexique, Hector Balderas.
When Canadians go to the polls in October, a non-partisan group hopes Muslim voter turnout will be higher than ever — and seized one of the year’s most-attended days of prayer to mobilize the community with a single message: every ballot counts. On Good Friday, imams at 69 mosques in five provinces — Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Quebec — delivered a coordinated sermon in four different languages, emphasizing the importance of voting.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadian-muslim-voters-2019-federal-election-1.5105355
A mechanic who came to Canada in 2015 has been found complicit in crimes against humanity for repairing vehicles for the so-called Islamic State, Global News has learned. The ruling means he is ineligible for refugee status, but federal officials would not say if he was detained or had been deported. Even his name was removed from the decision. His lawyer declined to comment.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5178370/refugee-claimant-complicit-isis-crimes-against-humanity-tribunal/
New research from Statistics Canada shows that investment in housing by immigrant families has been a major factor in helping them plug the wealth gap that exists between them and their Canadian-born compatriots. Whereas the study found wealth growth for Canadian-born families has in recent years been driven both by increases in housing and registered pension plan assets, for immigrant families, housing alone has been the primary driver of wealth growth.