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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.
Cet arrêt fera date : mercredi 6 septembre, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (UE) a réaffirmé le principe de la solidarité entre Européens face à l’accueil des réfugiés. La plus haute juridiction de l’UE a rejeté les recours de deux Etats membres, la Slovaquie et la Hongrie […].
Les enfants des demandeurs d’asile arrivés en grand nombre au cours de l’été seront scolarisés, même s’ils sont encore hébergés dans les sites temporaires. Des ateliers de mathématiques, de lecture et de francisation sont en effet offerts depuis mardi dans les centres d’hébergement […].
« Un triste jour pour notre pays. » C’est en ces termes que Mark Zuckerberg a qualifié, mardi 5 septembre, sur son compte Facebook, la décision de l’administration Trump de mettre fin au programme DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) lancé par Barack Obama.
Montreal’s iconic Olympic Stadium was set up to house a surge of mostly-Haitian asylum seekers at the beginning of August. In a statement, the CIUSSS West Central Montreal said initially, the temporary lodging in Olympic Stadium was set to close on Sept. 18, but due to waning numbers of asylum seekers and the quick departure of migrants lodged inside, it closed Tuesday — almost two weeks early.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/big-o-housing-migrants-closed-1.4276530
Repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program will affect 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children or whose families overstayed their visas. If the U.S. Congress, now tasked with deciding what to do with the so-called “Dreamers,” does not come up with a solution to put those affected on the path to American citizenship, many of them will likely try to come to Canada, said Vancouver-based immigration lawyer Richard Kurland.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/daca-repeal-could-spur-jolt-of-young-people-coming-to-canada-1.3577548
The situation of the roughly 800,000 so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, is very different from that of the Haitians and other asylum seekers who’ve been coming to Canada in large numbers via irregular border crossings, said Ottawa immigration lawyer Ronalee Carey. For one thing, it’s still unclear whether the Dreamers will actually face deportation from the U.S. once the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ends six months from now. U.S. President Donald Trump has given Congress six months to come up with a solution for the Dreamers.