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 – ‘Not Canadian’: Hussen, Macleod Exchange Sharp Words Over Asylum Seeker ‘Crisis’
A meeting between Canada’s federal and provincial immigration ministers ended bitterly Friday, with federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen openly criticizing the Ontario government for what he called a dangerous and un-Canadian approach to the issue of asylum seekers. “They’ve chosen to use false language with respect to so-called queue-jumping, when we have told them over and over again there is no such thing,” Hussen told reporters in Winnipeg at the closing press conference.
Toronto Star – Ottawa Needs to Fix Operational Problems at Beleaguered Refugee Board, Say Frustrated Staff
The influx of migrants crossing the border has turned Canada’s asylum system into an assembly line, exacerbating operational problems and prioritizing targets over the needs of vulnerable people, say front-line staff at the country’s beleaguered refugee board. Immigration and Refugee Board employees told the Star they are overworked and frustrated by organizational challenges. They fear changes recently recommended in a government report could make things worse.
Un règlement sujet à interprétation a longtemps permis aux enfants de demandeurs d’asile de fréquenter des garderies subventionnées au Québec. Une directive du ministère de la Famille a officiellement fermé cette brèche, il y a trois mois. Ce qui a plongé de nombreuses familles dans le désarroi. Pour passer l’entrevue d’embauche d’un centre de service à la clientèle où elle […].
Le Monde – Plus de 600 migrants sont morts en Méditerranée ces quatre dernières semaines
Plus de 600 migrants, dont des bébés et de jeunes enfants, se sont noyés en Méditerranée ces quatre dernières semaines, a annoncé, jeudi 12 juillet, Médecins sans frontières. « Les gouvernements européens sont pleinement conscients des niveaux alarmants de violence et d’exploitation subis par les réfugiés, les demandeurs d’asile et les migrants en Libye, mais sont déterminés à […].
Global News – Mother Forced to Choose: Leave Daughter in Canada or Take Her to Sudan Where She Faces Genital Mutilation
Aiesha Ali, 50, fled Sudan for South Africa, then the United States, before finally arriving in Canada in April 2016. But she was refused asylum. Her daughter, however, was accepted. So now Ali must choose between leaving Aliah in Canada, unattended and a soon-to-be ward of the state, or take her back to Sudan where she could face genital mutilation. That’s because Immigration Canada doesn’t consider parents and siblings of child refugees “family members,” meaning Aliah cannot add her mother or brothers to her application for permanent residency.
CBC News – Quebec Blocks Asylum Seekers from Public Daycare Network, Alarming Advocates
Asylum seekers are no longer eligible to put their children in subsidized daycare in Quebec, making it difficult for single parents to get off welfare and into the workforce while waiting for their refugee claim to be heard, advocates say. The Quebec government sent out a notice to early childhood education centres this spring, instructing them not to take in children whose parents are awaiting a refugee hearing. That has left single-parent asylum seekers with few options other than staying home.
