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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.
Côte-des-Neiges à Montréal, St. John’s Ward à Toronto et Strathcona à Vancouver partagent des réalités communes. Historiquement, tous les trois ont été le lieu de prédilection des diverses vagues d’immigrants venus au pays.
Federal agents broke up an immigrant smuggling operation on the U.S.-Canada border in Vermont this week, exposing what appears to be a growing option for illegal immigrants desperate to get into the U.S. but worried about getting caught by stiffer security along the southwestern border. While illegal immigration across the northern border happens it’s usually migrants from outside the western hemisphere, analysts said. But in this latest instance the smuggler — a Honduran — was nabbed transporting 11 Guatemalans and four Mexicans, authorities said.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/11/immigrant-smuggling-operation-broken-up-along-us-c/
RCMP officers have been screening Muslim refugee claimants entering from the U.S. at Quebec’s Roxham Rd. crossing, asking how they feel about women who do not wear the hijab, how many times they pray, and their opinion about the Taliban and the Islamic State, a questionnaire obtained by the Star shows. The 41 questions appear to specifically target Muslims, as no other religious practices are mentioned, nor terrorist groups with non-Muslim members.
The United Nations refugee agency is urging Canada to provide it with more funding to respond to the needs of half a million Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, as it anticipates another refugee influx in the coming days. Last week, the UNHCR issued an urgent global appeal for $84-million (U.S.) over the next six months to help the 520,000 Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since August. Canada has provided $12.25-million (Canadian) in humanitarian assistance to partners in Myanmar and Bangladesh this year, including $1.2-million for the UNHCR in Bangladesh.
Des entreprises industrielles de Trois-Rivières éprouvent beaucoup de difficultés à trouver le personnel requis pour assurer leur production et leur croissance. Pour pallier ce manque de travailleur, une mission trifluvienne ira sous peu faire du recrutement à l’étranger, probablement aux Philippines.
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/10/10/trois-rivieres-recrutera-des-travailleurs-a-letranger-1
A project that connects newly-arrived government-assisted refugees with Canadian families is expanding beyond the GTA. The Together Project matches groups of Canadian volunteers, called Welcome Groups, with refugee families. The project applies Canada’s unique private refugee sponsorship model, which sees groups help newcomers for at least a year after their arrival to the country, to government-sponsored refugees. The biggest difference is that Welcome Group volunteers aren’t financially responsible for the families they’re teamed up with.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ontario-together-project-expanding-1.4328710