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.
Le Devoir – Le Canada veut réduire le recours à la détention pour les immigrants
Loin des politiques de Donald Trump aux États-Unis, Sécurité publique Canada envisage de réduire le recours à la détention des immigrants. Le Devoir a appris que le ministère annoncera « d’ici quelques semaines » des solutions de rechange qui pourraient notamment prendre la forme d’une surveillance dans la collectivité. Selon nos informations, les personnes immigrantes se qualifiant pour cette détention hors les murs seraient donc prises en charge par un intervenant d’un organisme.
New York Times – Trudeau Doesn’t Separate Refugee Families, but He Does Send Them Away: The Canada Letter
Many people in the immigration world say that at least one key part of Mr. Trudeau’s policy is indefensible in light of Mr. Trump’s southern border crackdown: how it limits the ability of asylum seekers to get in. “Canada looks better with how it treats asylum seekers after they arrive,” said Audrey Macklin, a chair in human rights law and a professor at the University of Toronto’s law school. “But Canada is harsher and more effective at preventing asylum seekers from arriving.”
Avec les nouvelles vagues de réfugiés qui arrivent au Québec, de plus en plus d’enseignants doivent intégrer dans leurs classes ordinaires des enfants traumatisés qui ne parlent pas la langue et qui n’ont pas nécessairement été à l’école dans leur pays d’origine, mais auxquels on ne peut offrir tous les services dont ils ont besoin.
Le Journal de Montréal – L’immigration, au-delà des invectives
Si la question de l’immigration est si sensible aujourd’hui, c’est essentiellement parce que des multiculturalistes fanatiques sont prêts à bombarder d’insultes tous ceux qui ne voient pas le monde comme eux. On l’a encore vu mardi sur Twitter quand le chef de cabinet du ministre Carlos Leïtao, Guillaume Caudron, s’est permis un tweet ordurier à l’endroit de François Legault en l’accusant implicitement de soutenir la politique de séparation des familles soutenue par Donald Trump, qui entend maintenant en finir avec elle.
Globe and Mail – Study Suggests Prenatal Sex Selection for Boys Remains a Trend Among Some Canadians of South Asian Ancestry
A new study suggests the use of prenatal sex selection is being passed to the next generation – the Canadian-born children of South Asian immigrants. The study found a higher-than-expected ratio of boys to girls born to Canadian-born women of South Asian ancestry in Ontario who had two previous daughters and at least one abortion. Lead author Susitha Wanigaratne at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto said the results challenge the assumption that women born in Canada are not inclined to hold onto the gender biases of their immigrant parents.
CBC News – Canada ‘Working Very Hard’ to Curb Number of Migrant Children Held in Detention
The Canadian government is taking steps to further reduce the number of migrant children and families held in detention centres, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says. Goodale said Canada’s handling of asylum seekers is “obviously already better than the American system,” but he acknowledged it could be improved. Human rights advocates have for years called on Canada to eliminate its practice of holding asylum seekers in detention centres, which are surrounded by barbed wire and resemble medium-security prisons.
