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 Huffington Post – Plus les Canadiens sont scolarisés, plus ils sont ouverts à l’immigration, révèle un sondage Léger
Les Canadiens les plus scolarisés sont beaucoup plus favorables à l’idée d’augmenter le nombre d’immigrants admis au pays que ceux qui n’ont pas de qualifications postsecondaires, selon les résultats d’un sondage Léger publié lundi. Alors que 48% des répondants ayant arrêté l’école au primaire ou au secondaire souhaitent réduire le nombre d’immigrants accueillis au Canada […].
National Post – Iranians Facing Higher Delays for Permanent Residency than Other Nationalities
Canada Border Services Agency reports that approximately 4,150 Iranians cases are pending security screening under temporary business streams and another 975 cases are pending for permanent residency. The average security screening processing time for permanent residency applicants from Iran is 293 days, Marta Morgan, the deputy minister of immigration, told a Commons committee recently. When contacted by the Canadian Press to determine why these cases are taking so long, the department of Public Safety stated that the reasons behind Iranian processing delays are varied.
Global News – Canada Border Services Agents Descend on Penticton Home
The address is owned by Paul Singla, a Penticton man who also lists the address as the headquarters of Singla Bros. Holdings Ltd., a construction company and landowner in the South Okanagan. “The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) was involved in an enforcement action at a location in Penticton, British Columbia on June 7,” a statement issued by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said. CBSA spokesperson Stefanie Wudel said no additional information will be shared at this time.
CBC News – Immigration Lawyer Admits to Mishandling Files, Resigns from Law Society
Daniel Kar-Yan Kwong will not be able to practise anywhere in Canada until after April 6, 2020, when he can reapply to be reinstated, according to the agreed statement of facts from the Law Society of British Columbia. Kwong stopped practising law in February 2017 after he told to the law society that he made misrepresentations to six different clients about the status of their immigration applications. In those cases, he told them documents had been filed when they hadn’t, and he improperly withdrew funds that had been placed in trust as payment.
Radio-Canada – Près de 1800 familles séparées à la frontière américano-mexicaine
Près de 1800 familles d’immigrés ont été séparées à la frontière entre les États-Unis et le Mexique entre octobre 2016 et février 2018, selon un haut représentant de l’administration américaine, alors que le président Donald Trump a mis en place des politiques de contrôle aux frontières plus strictes. Près de 1800 familles d’immigrés ont été séparées à la frontière entre les États-Unis et le Mexique entre […].
Montreal Gazette – Day Camp’s Free Spots for Refugees, Asylum-Seekers Expands to Laval
Since 2015, Laurus Summer Camp has been offering 20 free spots each week to the children of refugees or asylum seekers from Syria at its Atwater Ave. day-camp location. This summer, the camp is expanding that program to a new location in Laval, where it will offer 20 more free spots per week to newcomers. Philip Cutler and Gabriel D’Amico-Mazza, who founded the camp for kids in 2011, were moved at the time by what was happening in Syria and wanted to do something to help.
