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.
CBC News – ‘It Was the Happiest Moment’: Asylum Seekers Who Took Risky Central American Corridor Cross Into Canada
Their journeys spanned 400 days, involved crossing 15 borders on three continents and cost them nearly $40,000. But earlier this month, as Canadians celebrated the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the two Somali asylum seekers who embarked on those risky journeys reached their final goal. Their stories are emblematic of new lengths some migrants fleeing violent hot spots are willing to take to reach Canada — wooed by the ruling Liberal government’s refugee rhetoric and drawn to a migration route through Central America that treats the United States as a country of transit rather than a destination.
Global News – Federal Immigration Minister Talks International Student Retention in Halifax
With 16 universities to chose from in Atlantic Canada, the issue isn’t so much attracting international students as it is keeping them here. On Monday, Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen attended the Atlantic Leaders’ Summit hosted by the Association of Atlantic Universities. The event was designed to foster a conversation and generate ideas about how to retain more international graduates.
CBC News – Canadian Citizen Has Nexus Card Revoked in Wake of Partial Travel Ban, Questions U.S. Procedures
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s partial travel ban, a Toronto man has had his Nexus card suddenly revoked and is calling on the Canadian government to help him get answers. The man says he had just arrived back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, where he was born, on June 30. Four days later, he received an email from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) saying there had been a change to the status of his account. The reason: He no longer met the program’s eligibility requirements.
CBC News – Family Fair Offers Warm Welcome for Immigrants, Refugees, Indigenous People New to Winnipeg
The Newcomer Family Fair, which kicked off Saturday morning at 11:30, is designed to make new arrivals to the city feel at home and connect them with services to help them get settled — providing information on everything from how to use city libraries to language classes that are available.
The first fair, held last year, was targeted to Syrian refugees and drew about 900 people. This year, organizers opened it up to other newcomers to Winnipeg.
CBC News – El Salvador Woman at the Heart of Legal Challenge to Safe Third Country Agreement
When an El Salvador woman and her two children arrived from a Buffalo, N.Y., shelter to the Fort Erie border crossing Wednesday, seeking to make a refugee claim in Canada, a team of lawyers from Toronto’s Downtown Legal Services was on high alert. As soon as the woman — identified only as “ABC” in court documents — was denied entry under the Safe Third Country Agreement, the legal team filed a Federal Court challenge to the agreement, which they had been working on for months. This is the second legal challenge to the agreement but the first with a person at its core.
ONFR – L’immigration syrienne « francophone » en hausse en Ontario
Les Syriens représentent dès lors un peu moins de 4 % de toutes les admissions de résidents permanents «d’expression française» (2 380) accordées en 2016, d’après les données d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (IRCC).
