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.
Toronto Star – Census Data Says You’ll Make a Lot More than Your Immigrant Parents, But Your Kids Won’t Make as Much as You
Children of immigrants make a lot more money than their parents but their kids won’t make as much as them, the latest census shows. While visible-minority immigrants tend to earn less than their white immigrant counterparts, their kids more than make up the income gap between the two groups and also outperform their white peers in the second generation, according to a report by the Association of Canadian Studies based on 2016 census data.
CBC News – Less Than Half the People Deported from Canada in 2017 Paid Their Own Way Home
Less than half the foreign nationals forced to leave Canada last year did so voluntarily and paid their own way home, according to data from the border services agency. In 2017, there were 8,200 removals of failed refugee claimants, people who had outstayed their travel, work or student visa or were considered a risk to public safety. While 3,639 of them voluntarily complied with their removal order, the others were forced to leave with escorts or had transportation costs paid by the government.
CTV News – P.E.I. Legion to Apologize After Sikh Man Reportedly Asked to Remove Headdress
The president of a P.E.I. branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is expected to apologize after a Sikh man was reportedly asked to remove his religious head covering and heckled with racist remarks. Jaswinder Singh Dhaliwal told the Summerside Journal-Pioneer that he was playing pool with friends at the legion in Tignish on Wednesday when management approached the group and asked him to remove his patka, a type of turban worn by Sikhs.
TVA Nouvelles – Des dizaines d’enfants réfugiés ont besoin d’effets scolaires
Les deux plus grosses commissions scolaires de Montréal doivent mettre les bouchées doubles depuis deux semaines pour accueillir des centaines d’enfants de demandeurs d’asile fraîchement arrivés au Québec. «C’est une année scolaire exceptionnelle, en termes de nombre», révèle Alain Perron, porte-parole de la Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM), où 3707 élèves migrants ont été accueillis depuis septembre, dont 270 en janvier.
Radio-Canada – Opération séduction pour attirer les immigrants français au Manitoba
Le Conseil de développement économique des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba (CDEM) et le Consulat général de France à Toronto viennent de signer une convention de deux ans pour faciliter l’immigration des Français au Manitoba. Cette entente vise à permettre aux Français qui veulent s’installer dans la province d’être mieux conseillés et orientés dans leur recherche d’emploi ou dans leur projet entrepreneurial.
Toronto Star – Canada Border Services Agency Struggling Under Freedom of Information Backlog
Canada’s border guards are struggling under a backlog of federal access to information requests — some dating to 2016 — and are asking requesters to consider abandoning old submissions. The Canada Border Services Agency says an increased number of requests, coupled with a “limited number of staff” to process those requests, was responsible for the backlog. That could mean trouble for those who need CBSA documents to support residency claims or citizenship applications, who accounted for 45 per cent of all access to information requests to the agency in 2016-17.
