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 – Asylum Seekers Who Crossed the Border into Quebec Now Finding Their Way into Manitoba
Manitoba is beginning to see a wave of secondary refugee migration coming to the province from Quebec. Welcome Place — the first point of contact for most asylum seekers who enter the country through Emerson — began tracking the numbers in the third week of May. So far, 12 people who travelled across the border into Quebec have subsequently filed their refugee claim in Manitoba. “We felt that this may become a trend,” said Rita Chahal, executive director of the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, which operates Welcome Place.
Radio-Canada – Les demandeurs d’asile arrivés au Québec, accueillis au Manitoba
L’agence winnipégoise d’établissement des réfugiés, Welcome Place, observe un nombre croissant de demandeurs d’asile, qui ont traversé la frontière au Québec et qui choisissent de venir s’installer au Manitoba pour faire leur demande d’asile au gouvernement canadien. Depuis la troisième semaine de mai, 12 personnes qui sont entrées au pays par le Québec ont déposé leur demande d’asile au Manitoba.
Courrier International – Avis de tempête sur la politique d’asile européenne
La réunion des ministres européens de l’Intérieur s’est soldée par un échec : impossible de s’accorder sur la réforme du Règlement de Dublin. En refusant le texte, l’Italie s’est rangée du côté du groupe de Visegrád, pays fermement opposés à la redistribution par quotas des demandeurs d’asile, qu’elle appelle pourtant de ses vœux.
Maclean’s – Immigration of Only the Fittest: The Cruel Biases Facing People with Disabilities in Canada
In 2016, the Trudeau government vowed to overhaul immigration laws that deny people residency based on “medical inadmissibility,” meaning that they have a disability or medical condition that could place “excessive demand” on health and social services. This year, the government loosened medical criteria and tripled the ceiling on annual health care costs to about $20,000.Disability and immigration advocates criticized the changes as minor and noted that Canada is not compliant with its domestic and international human rights obligations.
CBC News – Ottawa Expands Program to Collect Fingerprints, Photos from Foreign Nationals Coming to Canada
The expanded biometrics program will be rolled out over two years, beginning next month, with new requirements to collect biometric data from people from Europe, the Middle East and Africa coming to visit, work, study or immigrate. Previously, the program was limited to visa applicants from countries believed to pose a higher risk of immigration document fraud, as well as refugee claimants and asylum seekers. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has said the program’s expansion will strengthen border and immigration systems with the ability to quickly and accurately establish a traveller’s identity.
Le Monde – L’intégration des immigrés : priorité à l’emploi et au français
Plus de trois mois après la remise du rapport parlementaire du député LRM du Val-d’Oise Aurélien Taché et ses « 72 propositions pour une politique ambitieuse d’intégration des étrangers arrivant en France », l’exécutif a rendu un verdict moins ambitieux que certains l’espéraient. A l’issue du comité interministériel à l’intégration, réuni mardi 5 juin autour du premier ministre, le gouvernement a […].
