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 – Canada Grants Temporary Visas to Family of Asylum Seeker with Stage 4 Cancer
Taha El Taha crossed the border into Quebec last year, and is now set to be treated for colorectal cancer with the support of his wife and children. Taha’s wife and children, 3 and 7, will arrive in Montreal on Monday, two days ahead of his scheduled surgery. His family was initially denied temporary visas to travel to be with Taha during his treatment, as they could not prove they could financially support themselves while in Canada, or that they would return to Lebanon when their visas expired.
Toronto Star – Canadian Government Spending Tens of Millions on Facebook Ads, Sponsored Posts
From Jan. 1, 2016 to March 2018, federal government departments and agencies spent more than $24.4 million on Facebook and Instagram ads, promotions and sponsored posts and videos. The Immigration Department spent more than $2 million on campaigns, including some international ads promoting visa requirements and economic immigration streams. It also spent $47,497 domestically to provide information about the Syrian refugee program “in response to the outpouring of support and interest in how to get involved from Canadians,” the department stated.
CBC News – Côte Saint-Luc Woman Ordered to Pay $41K in Damages to Live-In Nanny
The Quebec Human Rights Commission has sided with a Filipina live-in caregiver and orders she be compensated $41,600 in damages by her former employer. Gelyn Dasoc-Hilot left the Philippines in 2012 and arrived in Montreal with a work permit and a job lined up: she was hired to take care of a Côte Saint-Luc woman’s four children. She said her contract stipulated a 40-hour work week, but she worked 65 hours. Dasoc-Hilot said when she asked to be paid, her employed threatened to have her deported.
Global News – Canada’s Social Media Outreach to Asylum Seekers May Not Be as ‘Aggressive’ as it Seems
The ad buys that have been made in connection with the border crossings have been limited to search engines like Google, Global News has confirmed, with little attention paid to promoting the message that “there’s no free ticket to Canada” on social channels, where a lot of misinformation has been spreading. Ottawa has not spent a dime, for example, on the biggest social media juggernaut of all: Facebook.
Le Devoir – Demandeurs d’asile : affrontements entre les manifestants à la frontière
La frontière canado-américaine a été le théâtre d’un nouveau face-à-face entre groupes identitaires de droite et groupes antifascistes, samedi, à Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. La Sûreté du Québec (SQ) a effectué une arrestation pour voie de fait sur un agent lorsque des manifestants antifascistes ont tenté de bloquer l’autoroute 15 à pied. En raison de la présence de manifestants, la police a dû fermer l’autoroute 15 en direction nord à partir de 13 h 10 […].
Le Monde – En Allemagne, en Grande-Bretagne et en Espagne, l’admirable résilience de familles de réfugiés
Quand le quotidien britannique The Guardian s’est lancé dans le projet « The New Arrivals », ses reporters ont parcouru toute la Grande-Bretagne, de Coventry à Cardiff, de Liverpool à Leicester, de Sheffield à Nottingham, à la rencontre des 38 517 personnes qui avaient demandé l’asile dans le pays en 2016. Mais c’est sur un père et un fils, à Derby, au nord de Londres, que la journaliste Kate Lyons s’est arrêtée, très émue.
