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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.
Les Sages du Palais royal pointent ce lundi une carence des autorités publiques «qui est de nature à exposer les personnes concernées à des traitements inhumains ou dégradants». L’État se voit rattrapé pour sa «carence» en matière d’aide aux migrants à Calais. Le Conseil d’État a rejeté […].
Hundreds of people in Kindersley, Sask., are rallying for the federal government to allow a Venezuelan family facing deportation to continue to living in the community. Wilmer Gonzalez, his wife and two children have been given one month to leave Canada after his work visa expired and was denied renewal by Immigration and Citizenship Canada.
The province is hoping to recruit “rural immigration agents” who will work to attract immigrants to live in rural P.E.I. The agents will work together with the recently announced regional economic councils — advisory councils tasked with improving the economy and increasing the population in communities across the Island.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-immigration-rural-1.4229770
Hooked to an artificial respirator, Khaldoun Senjab has been identified by the United Nations as a Syrian refugee for priority resettlement. The family was shocked to receive a rejection letter from the Canadian visa post in Beirut in April, saying Senjab was inadmissible because of his work with the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, an opposition umbrella group recognized by the United States, as well as countries in the Middle East and Europe, as Syria’s legitimate representative.
Les quatre passagers clandestins retrouvés dans un conteneur au port de Montréal le 20 juillet dernier ont été libérés sous conditions le temps que leur demande d’asile soit étudiée. Âgés d’une trentaine d’années, les quatre hommes originaires de Géorgie sont partis d’Hambourg […].
Après les annonces du chef d’État, le 27 juillet, sur la politique migratoire de la France, ce journal burkinabé salue une volonté d’avancer. Mais l’éditorialiste craint que ces mesures n’en restent au stade des déclarations d’intention.