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 Devoir – Des travailleurs migrants blessés ou malades, congédiés et renvoyés dans leur pays d’origine
Chaque année, des dizaines de migrants agricoles sont renvoyés dans leur pays d’origine sans suivi administratif ni médical. Seuls des acteurs privés sont mis au courant. Eddy est tombé dans une étable du Centre-du-Québec et il s’est fêlé le coccyx. Il a reçu des soins et suivi une réadaptation. « Je me sens prêt à travailler, j’aimerais vraiment reprendre », dit-il aujourd’hui. Mais il est de retour chez lui, à El Progreso, au Guatemala.
CBC News – How a Mother from Sri Lanka Is Helping Tamil-Canadians Cope with Disabilities
When Vijitha Tharmalingam brought her family to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1992, she found herself in the same predicament as many immigrants — encountering problems with accessing resources and services in her mother tongue. But because her daughter Meera had disabilities, she found settling in this country even harder. Inspired by her own difficulties, and the experience of other people in the Tamil community, she co-founded ATI Foundation.
Maclean’s – A Yazidi Family’s Traumatic First Days in Canada
The arduous process of the Dasni family’s settlement has fallen largely to volunteers. This kind of civic engagement reflects well on Canada, providing such volunteers exist and, importantly, have the newcomers’ best interests in mind. But it’s leaving a lot to chance. And it raises critical questions about the government’s ability to meet the needs of a brutally traumatized people.
La Presse – Montréal mène une charge des villes sur l’accueil des migrants
Montréal mène une charge auprès des Nations unies au nom des 150 plus grandes métropoles du monde afin que les villes soient incluses dans les discussions sur les migrations et l’accueil des réfugiés. Depuis l’automne 2016, les Nations unies travaillent à développer deux pactes internationaux sur les migrations et ainsi que sur les réfugiés. Lors d’une rencontre tenue la semaine dernière à Puerto Vallarta, au Mexique […].
Toronto Star – Foreign Caregivers’ Christmas Wishes to Santa, Trudeau and Hussen
For many of the caregivers, some waiting for as long as seven years for the permanent residency to reunite with their families, Christmas is the hardest and loneliest moment of the year. This year, caregivers stuck in the immigration backlog have launched a letter-writing campaign, encouraging Canadians to write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen asking them for the mercy of clearing the backlog and reuniting their families.
Toronto Star – Judge Gives Stateless Man a Second Chance to Stay in Canada
Francisco Suarez Abeleira was born in Vigo, Spain, but his parents fled the Franco dictatorship in the 1950s, shortly after his birth and the family moved to Mexico. Spain has no record of his birth. The Federal Court has chided immigration officials for refusing to let the 66-year-old stateless man be a permanent resident on humanitarian grounds even though there is no prospect of deporting him to any country.
