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.
Windsor Star – ‘Your Chosen Land:’ 40 People from 13 Countries Become Canadian
At a citizenship ceremony Saturday morning at the Adventure Bay Family Water Park, forty new Canadians from 13 countries took the oath of citizenship on Canada Day. “Any day’s a great day to become a Canadian citizen, but I think this is probably the best day you could pick,” Daniel Fanelli, citizenship officer and clerk of the ceremony, told the new Canadians. “Everyone in this room has a lot to be proud of today. I mean, you’re becoming Canadians on Canada Day on Canada’s 150th birthday.”
Le Devoir – Semeurs d’espoir, cueilleurs de désillusion
Frais exorbitants, démarches laborieuses, contrats incompréhensibles… Une nouvelle étude lève le voile sur les pratiques de recrutement abusives des travailleurs migrants agricoles qui viennent dans les fermes québécoises. Mené dans le pays d’origine par des entreprises partenaires […].
Globe and Mail – Canada to Allow Russian Asylum Seekers to Contest Deportation
Canada is giving some failed asylum seekers from Russia a chance to stave off deportation, saying conditions in that country have changed. The Immigration Department says reports of violence against the LGBTQ community in Chechnya mean people could be at risk if they’re forced to return. The department says that means people from Russia may now be eligible for a pre-removal risk assessment if they received a final decision on their case between July 1, 2016, and June 30 of this year.
CBC News – Bracing for Possible Spike in Asylum Seekers Crossing Border Over Long Weekend
After a dip in the number of people walking across the border last month, agencies working with refugees in Manitoba are bracing themselves for a possible surge over the Canada Day long weekend. Carolyn Ryan, executive director for portfolio management with Manitoba Housing, said several factors are converging on this weekend that could contribute to a spike, including that the Supreme Court partially upheld U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries. It’s also the end of Ramadan and the end of the school year.
BBC News – Trump Travel Ban: Who Counts as a ‘Bona Fide’ Relative?
Under the rules, the US may refuse entry to refugees unless they can prove a “bona fide relationship” with a person, business or university in the US. The same terms apply to people with passports from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. So who is defined as “close family”? The state department says: parents (including in-laws and step-parents), spouses, fiancé(e)s, children (including sons and daughters-in-law), siblings, and half-siblings. But others don’t make the grade – among them grandparents and grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Le Devoir – Inquiétudes autour du décret migratoire américain
La version allégée du controversé décret anti-immigration du gouvernement américain, qui touche les citoyens de six pays à majorité musulmane, est finalement entrée en vigueur jeudi soir à 20 h, heure de Montréal.
