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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.
A group of newcomers was sworn in as Canadian citizens Thursday in Halifax, with one family having chosen Canada over the U.S. after trying both on their emigration from India. At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 — the seaport-turned-museum that welcomed around one million immigrants to Canada between 1928 and 1971 — 147 newcomers stood and took an oath Thursday morning to become Canadian citizens.
Canada’s Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) ceased to be in 2014. Yet it doesn’t rest in peace so much as infamy, with a reputation as a contributor to soaring home prices in Vancouver. Still, there are some who see potential for the federal program’s return. They work in universities, and at one of the country’s biggest think tanks. They have ideas for how they think it could work — and none convince the people who have spent decades recording its failings.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4263854/investor-immigration-canada-failed/
Canada’s population exceeded 37 million for the first time earlier this year, driven by a record first quarter for international migration. More than 88,000 people migrated to Canada from abroad between Jan. 1 and April 1, according to Statistics Canada data released Thursday. That influx made up for a record-low quarter for natural population growth — the difference between domestic births and deaths.
La crise entre la France et l’Italie sur les migrants de l’Aquarius s’est aggravée mercredi, Rome exigeant des excuses de la France après des propos jugés « inadmissibles », au point de menacer d’annuler une rencontre entre les dirigeants des deux pays vendredi. Nouvel épisode de cette bataille rangée entre les deux pays, le ministre italien des Finances, Giovanni Tria, a préféré […].
Près de trois ans après la mort par suffocation de 71 migrants dans un camion frigorifique découvert en Autriche en août 2015, la cour d’assises de Kecskemét, en Hongrie, a prononcé jeudi des peines de 25 ans de prison ferme à l’encontre des quatre principaux trafiquants impliqués. Originaires de Syrie, d’Irak et d’Afghanistan et en route pour l’ouest de l’Europe, les 71 victimes […].
A professor at Saint Mary’s University says the key to retaining immigrants in Nova Scotia is being able to offer meaningful employment, and sell them on “the smell of the sea.” Ather Akbari, chair of the Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity, said Nova Scotia’s 75 per cent retention rate can be improved by providing greater economic opportunity. Akbari will be presenting some of his findings Thursday as part of the International Conference in Intercultural Studies taking place at Saint Mary’s until Saturday.