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 – Canada Not Ready for Second-Wave of Asylum Seekers, Union Head Warns
Canada is not ready to handle a second wave of Latin American asylum seekers who may already be starting to flee the United States, says the head of Canada’s border-guard union. In September, Fortin said, the flow of people crossing the Canada-U.S. border had slowed to about 90 people a day. He estimated that less than a quarter of those are Haitian nationals. Instead, they are increasingly citizens of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua—three countries whose citizens are also eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the U.S., but who are equally concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will not renew their status when it expires between January and March 2018.
CBC News – A Syrian Man’s Desperate Plea, A Former Refugee’s Answer
One year ago, Muhammad Ubyed walked into Taco Pica and asked for a job. Freshly arrived in Saint John from Syria just a few months before, the 20-year-old wanted to make himself useful. “I am a hard worker, if you want me,” he told owner Santos Ruyan. Born in the small Guatemalan city of Santa Cruz Balanyá, in 1980 Santos Ruyan was forced to flee genocide by government forces during Guatemala’s civil war. Meeting Ubyed, he thought, “that is how I feel when the first time I came in Canada,” Ruyan said.
National Post – Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Involving 450 Foreign Workers Who Got No Jobs
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has certified a class-action lawsuit against Mac’s Convenience Stores and three immigration consultants alleged to have collected thousands of dollars from foreign workers who were promised jobs that didn’t exist. A written decision posted Tuesday says the case involves employment contracts for work at Mac’s stores in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program. The plaintiffs represent about 450 workers.
Le Journal de Québec – Les signalements en hausse à la DPJ dans les familles d’immigrants
L’arrivée d’immigrants dans la région se fait sentir à la DPJ, qui admet recevoir de plus en plus de signalements issus de ces familles, ce qui «complexifie» le travail des intervenants, selon la Direction de la protection de la jeunesse pour la Capitale-Nationale.
CBC News – Canada Has Its Own ‘Dreamers,’ but No Program to Protect Them
Although Trump’s move to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy — a decision he has since hinted he will revisit — has been controversial, Cohen points out Canada does not have a similar program that protects children brought here illegally. “We need to look at ourselves and realize we’re not doing anything either for young children who are here without status,” he said. He suspects the vast majority of people living here illegally who came to Canada as children are too afraid to come forward.
La Presse – En une semaine, 3000 migrants ramenés en Libye
Plus de 3000 migrants ont été ramenés à terre par les gardes-côtes libyens en une semaine, tandis qu’environ 2000 autres ont débarqué en Italie, selon un bilan établi dimanche à partir de plusieurs sources officielles et un média italien.
