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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.
A United Nations committee has urged Ottawa to limit the use of immigration detention and drop a bilateral pact that turns asylum-seekers back at the U.S. land border. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination makes the recommendations in its recent review of how Canada’s government policies and programs are affecting minority groups.
Omar Rahimi is saddened by a recent spike in racist comments on the Facebook page for Hire A Refugee, a non-profit organization he runs. Through Hire a Refugee, he connects newcomers who speak little or no English with odd jobs to earn money while they try to settle their families in Winnipeg. His group is calling on the premier, and leadership hopefuls for the Liberals and NDP, to make meaningful steps to deal with the issue of racism and hateful attacks on immigrants in Manitoba.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/omar-rahimi-racism-beautiful-canada-painting-1.4270607
A tent city erected in Cornwall, Ont. was never used, and that city’s conference centre is emptying of its temporary residents as the flow of illegal migrants into Canada ebbs. However, the federal government is trying to pre-empt another such crisis flaring up in winter by stepping up its south-of-the-border outreach, and looking into acquiring heated trailers.
Le Canada accueille depuis trois mois des réfugiés homosexuels tchétchènes dans le plus grand secret grâce à un programme clandestin unique au monde, révèle une enquête du Globe and Mail. La stratégie a été gardée secrète pendant des mois au sein de l’appareil fédéral et parmi […].
Une majorité de Canadiens désapprouve la manière dont le gouvernement gère l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile qui ont traversé par milliers la frontière de manière irrégulière depuis le début de l’été.
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/09/01/la-gestion-de-la-vague-de-migrants-critiquee-1
After an unprecedented spike in the number of asylum seekers crossing the border into Quebec illegally in early August, the Canada Border Services Agency says those numbers are now dropping. Border agents are now handing the claims of 50 to 100 asylum seekers per day. While the number of refugee claimants has been on the decline since the end of last week, the CBSA said it’s still taking the situation day by day.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-asylum-seekers-numbers-down-1.4270211