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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.
“Durant les deux derniers jours, des passeurs ont contraint quelque 280 migrants à sauter à la mer au large du Yémen. Plus de 50 sont morts noyés alors que plus de 30 sont portés disparus”, relate le Washington Post en citant l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM).
Ces dernières semaines, un important volume de demandeurs d’asile a traversé la frontière. Il est important de rappeler que ces personnes s’inscrivent dans le cadre d’un processus de demande d’asile qui est prévu et balisé par nos lois, autant fédérales que provinciales […].
The group that represents Quebec English-speaking community groups says it’s shocked by and skeptical of new Statistics Canada numbers that show a surge in the number of people who speak English as a mother tongue. In a statement, Statistics Canada said it takes the accuracy of its data seriously and says it will thoroughly re-examine the numbers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mystery-anglophones-quebec-regions-1.4242492
Maison d’Haiti has become
a lifeline to the thousands of Haitians who have come to Montreal via the United States and who need help finding apartments and navigating Canada’s complicated immigration and refugee protection system. About half of the new arrivals are the so-called “TPS” cases, says Monique Dauphin — the people who fear their Temporary Protected Status as Haitians living in the U.S. will expire in January — or Haitians who arrived in the U.S. for myriad reasons and saw the writing on the wall: President Donald Trump doesn’t want them.
Des migrants qui débarquent en plein jour sur la plage au milieu des touristes ou qui se font transporter en jet-ski: l’Espagne pourrait cette année dépasser la Grèce en nombre d’arrivées par la mer. Le flux migratoire augmente aussi aux deux frontières terrestres de l’Union européenne au Maroc […].
Observers see a growing number of Syrian child brides as a tangible impact of the $3 billion gap between the financial needs of displaced Syrians in the Middle East and the funds available to pay for them. After seven years of living in exile, Syrians are increasingly under pressure and that’s driving a rise in child marriage, said Robert Jenkins, a Canadian who is in charge of UNICEF efforts in Jordan.