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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.
Quatre migrants sont arrivés cette semaine dans le Port de Montréal cachés dans un conteneur, et des dizaines de personnes traversent illégalement la frontière terrestre pour demander refuge au pays.
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/07/22/limmigration-illegale-au-canada-en-six-questions
L’Italie hausse le ton face à plusieurs de ses voisins de l’Est qui lui réclament de stopper l’arrivée de migrants sur son sol, Rome faisant de plus en plus pression sur l’Europe pour qu’elle prenne une juste part dans la gestion de la crise migratoire.
There has been a “pronounced” shift in where the RCMP are arresting people crossing illegally into Canada, new figures released Friday indicate. The federal government data, including preliminary figures for June, show a drop in the number of people being apprehended in Manitoba, but a major increase in Quebec. Nationally, the RCMP intercepted 884 people who crossed into Canada between regular ports of entry in June, up from 742 the month before, says the report posted on a government website. Of that total, 781 were caught in Quebec, compared to 576 the previous month. In Manitoba on the other hand, 63 people were apprehended, down from 106 the month before.
The discovery of four men stowed away in a shipping container in the Port of Montreal Thursday show just how desperate asylum seekers are getting, says immigration lawyer Eric Taillefer. The four men, who are believed to be in their 30s and 40s, were taken to hospital and treated for heat stroke and dehydration. The stowaways arrived in the Port of Montreal in a container that came off a Hong Kong-flagged ship that had last visited Hamburg, Germany.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/shipping-container-asylum-seeker-montreal-1.4216565
L’Alliance des Burundais du Canada espère que le cas des deux jeunes Burundais ayant décidé de quitter Washington afin de traverser la frontière américaine à destination du Canada permettra de ramener à l’avant-scène une « crise oubliée ».
Des données rendues publiques vendredi révèlent un glissement dans les arrestations de migrants clandestins par la Gendarmerie royale du Canada. En juin, la quantité de personnes appréhendées après avoir illégalement franchi la frontière canadienne a bondi au Québec […].