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 – Swedish Election: Far-Right Party Set to Make Historic Gains with Migration as Hot-Button Issue
Sweden is holding a general election Sunday, the first since the country took in a record number of migrants from the Middle East and Africa in 2015 on top of the hundreds of thousands admitted before. While the borders are now largely closed, a backlash against the earlier open-door policies is set to give historic gains to the Sweden Democrats, an anti-immigrant party with neo-Nazi roots. The centre-left government is expected to take a battering.
Globe and Mail – Canada to Formally Apologize in November for Turning Away German Jews in 1939
The MS St. Louis ship had 907 Jews, who were fleeing Nazi persecution, aboard when it was turned away from both Cuba and the United States before a group of Canadians tried to convince the government to let it dock in Halifax. King was unable to convince Frederick Blair, the director of the immigration branch of the federal Department of Mines and Resources, to allow them into the country. The ship returned to Europe and 254 of those on board eventually died in the Holocaust.
La Presse – Allemagne : l’immigration, « mère de tous les problèmes », dit un ministre
Le ministre allemand de l’Intérieur, le très conservateur bavarois Horst Seehofer, a lancé une violente charge contre l’immigration en Allemagne et semblé prendre la défense des manifestants d’extrême droite à Chemnitz, rapportent plusieurs médias jeudi.
National Post – More Than 100 Complaints of Racism, Rudeness Against Canada Border Officers Were Founded Last Year
The total number of complaints through the CBSA’s online “Compliments, Comments and Complaints” website remains at less than a tenth of one per cent of the 95 million travellers seen by officers in the past year. Nonetheless, civil liberties groups say the latest collection of incidents shows that Canada needs an independent complaints agency similar to those used to oversee police forces that can produce public reports and make binding recommendations to the agency.
CBC News – Gay Refugee Couple Separated in Turkey Now ‘Free and Together’ in Canada
A gay couple who fled their home countries so they could be together, only to be forcibly separated in Turkey, have arrived safely in Canada, thanks to the efforts of private refugee sponsors. Alireza, who is from Iran, and his partner and Kiran, who is from India, arrived in Vancouver on Thursday, greeted at the airport by members of the Vancouver Rainbow Refugee group who sponsored them. “After what all we went through, it was the best day of our lives,” Alireza told As It Happens guest host Helen Mann.
Le Journal de Montréal – Trump avertit Syrie, Russie et Iran d’une «potentielle tragédie humaine» à Idleb
Le président américain Donald Trump a mis en garde lundi la Syrie, la Russie et l’Iran contre une offensive à Idleb, dernière région syrienne contrôlée par la rébellion, déclarant qu’une telle opération pourrait provoquer une « tragédie humaine ». L’avertissement de Washington est intervenu alors que le ministre iranien des Affaires étrangères, Mohammad Javad Zarif venait de rencontrer lundi à Damas le président syrien Bachar al-Assad.
