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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.
Un sommet organisé par les Nations unies à Kampala, les 22 et 23 juin, vise à lever les fonds dont l’Ouganda a urgemment besoin pour maintenir l’accueil des réfugiés sud-soudanais. En espérant que les donateurs seront au rendez-vous.
http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/crise-refugies-sud-soudanais-louganda-appelle-laide
Hundreds in a small Saskatchewan town are breathing a sigh of relief after finding out a family set to be deported to Honduras within two weeks gets to stay. Victor Santos said the two-year extension will give them more time to seek advice on what to do next and find a way to stay. Currently, the family is waiting to hear back on an application for permanent residence based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds because of one of their son’s medical issues.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-family-deportation-1.4174481
Some Muslim community leaders are urging the federal government to do more to help protect their mosques and schools amid an increase in hate crimes. In April, Public Safety Canada announced it would double its annual funding for the Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Program from $1 million to $2 million over each of the next five years. The program allows not-for-profit groups linked to a community at risk of being victimized by hate crimes to apply for funding to help pay the costs of security improvements at places of worship, schools and community centres. But some, such as Imran Haq, executive director of the Al Huda Institute, were told this week their applications have been denied.
Philippe Couillard, long seen as an ally in Quebec’s mainstream Muslim communities, has for years taken pains to avoid linking the broader Islamic faith to terrorist attacks, including those perpetrated by Quebeckers on Canadian soil. On Thursday, one day after a Quebec man was accused of wounding a police officer while shouting the Islamic phase “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) in an airport in Flint, Mich., Mr. Couillard dramatically shifted approach.
The Liberals repealed a law put in place by their Tory predecessor that gave Ottawa the power to strip citizenship from naturalized citizens for crimes committed after citizenship has already been granted — something critics said created two distinct classes of citizens, those born here and abroad. Other changes that will take effect this fall include: reducing the residency requirement to three out of five years from four out of six; shrinking the age group that must meet language and knowledge requirements to 18-54 years from 14-64 years; allowing refugees, foreign students and workers to count their temporary residence in Canada toward their citizenship residency obligation.
Écrivain et journaliste britannique, il publie L’Étrange Mort de l’Europe *, un pamphlet sur l’immigration, actuellement en tête des ventes au Royaume-Uni. Un an après le vote sur la sortie de l’Europe, il revient sur les raisons du « Leave ».