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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.
« Romantique ? » Le terme ne viendrait pas à l’esprit de Latif pour raconter le canal Saint-Martin, l’écluse ou l’Hôtel du Nord. « Bobo ? » La sonorité du mot le fait sourire mais, intraduisible en pachto, le concept le laisse interdit.
Adoptée en urgence en juin dernier, une loi contre la mendicité visant les gens du voyage qui affluent en nombre vers Copenhague, peut désormais valoir deux semaines de prison ferme aux contrevenants.
Nofa Mihlo Rafo arrived in Canada this year as a refugee with four of her six children. She was separated from her husband and two eldest sons after their town was captured by the so-called Islamic State in 2014. She learned this week that one missing son is still alive after a relative alerted her to a photo posted online.
According to the immigration department, there are currently 29,000 foreign caregivers caught up in permanent residency backlog and they wait an average of 53 months to have their applications processed. “They are waiting and waiting and waiting. The backlog is astounding,” said MP Jenny Kwan, the NDP opposition immigration critic, at a Toronto news conference on Thursday. The conference was held to urge the Liberal government to put in the resources to process these caregivers’ permanent residence applications.
Police have received reports that two of the Burundi teenagers gone missing after an international robotics competition have been seen crossing the border into Canada. There was no indication Thursday that the teens intend to overstay their visas or apply for political asylum in the U.S., but if they do, the process could take years, according to Hassan Ahmad, an immigration lawyer in northern Virginia not involved in the situation.
Le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé jeudi que sa consultation sur la discrimination et le racisme systémique sera confiée à la Commission des droits de la personne. Des séances auront lieu partout dans la province dès cet automne.