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.
CTV News – Ottawa Sharing Info with U.S. on All Americans Entering Canada
Canada’s border agency has quietly begun sharing information with U.S. Homeland Security about the thousands of American citizens who cross into Canada each day. Before long, Washington is expected to provide Ottawa with similar information about Canadians entering the United States. The exchanges are intended to bolster security and help enforce laws, though advocates for privacy and civil liberties are concerned about the potential for abuse.
Le Monde – En Algérie, la souffrance et l’impuissance des familles de migrants kidnappés en Libye
Il est assis, seul dans la pièce, face à un mur bleu. Les coudes sur la table, téléphone dans une main, cigarette dans l’autre. Martin* est camerounais. Il vit à Oran, en Algérie, depuis sept ans. Il a vu les migrants, comme lui, s’installer en Algérie, plus nombreux depuis 2011.
Radio-Canada – Université franco-ontarienne : un atout pour attirer les immigrants francophones?
La création de l’Université de l’Ontario français (UFO) suscite non seulement l’intérêt des Franco-ontariens, mais aussi des associations ethnoculturelles francophones. Certaines associations y voient déjà une occasion d’intégration pour les nouveaux arrivants qui ont à coeur de préserver leur première langue.
UNHCR – Freed Iraqi Boy Settles into New Life in Canada
Thirteen-year-old Emad Tammo spent three years in captivity after he and his family, who are Yazidi, were abducted by extremists in August 2014. Following Emad’s discovery during the final days of the battle to retake the city of Mosul, officials from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, identified him and helped to reunite him with his mother in Canada, where she and his siblings had been resettled earlier this year. Following an emotional reunion with his family at Winnipeg International Airport, Emad has spent his first two weeks in Canada adjusting to his new life.
CBC News – Refugee Claimants Facing Housing Crisis as Some Landlords Refuse to Rent
At least 12 refugee claimants in Halifax are facing a housing crisis because some landlords are refusing to rent to them, according to workers at the Halifax Refugee Clinic. “It’s illegal in Nova Scotia for landlords to discriminate due to someone’s race or religion or family status, but it happens. They do,” Gillian Smith, the clinic’s settlement co-ordinator, said in an interview.
Le Monde – Renvoyer les migrants en Libye, le plan controversé de la Commission européenne
Le 4 juillet, la Commission européenne annonçait son plan d’action pour aider l’Italie à faire face au flux constant de migrants venus trouver une vie meilleure par-delà la Méditerranée. Un plan ambitieux, mais entaché de propositions controversées.
