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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.
Quebec’s Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness faced allegations Tuesday of possible racial profiling and violating the constitutional rights of more than 500 international students whose French skills are the subject of an ongoing probe.
Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been wrongly denied NHS healthcare, in some cases being refused treatment despite suffering from life-threatening conditions such as cancer and heart disease, doctors have warned. Undocumented migrants with urgent care needs have been refused treatment by hospitals, despite NHS guidelines that state no one should be refused urgent or immediately necessary treatment because they cannot pay.
This child and youth empowerment program, run by DIVERSEcity Settlement Services, is for kids aged six to 12. Many of them are entering their second year as refugees in Canada and are experiencing trauma related to the stress of adapting to a new culture. Others have experienced or witnessed abuse. […] DIVERSEcity is unique among settlement services for its mental health programs and its team of registered clinical counsellors.
The number of people seeking asylum in Canada from Mexico continues to rise. New figures from the Immigration and Refugee Board show that March recorded the highest number yet of new claims in 2017 — 110, up from 85 in February and 71 in January, for a total of 266 so far this year. In all of 2016, there were just 241, statistics from the IRB show.
Le nombre de demandeurs d’asile en provenance du Mexique continue de grimper au Canada. De nouvelles données de la Commission de l’immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR) révèlent que 110 Mexicains ont demandé le statut de réfugié le mois dernier, contre 85 en février et 71 en janvier. Le volume de demandes des trois premiers mois de l’année a donc déjà dépassé celui de […].
Zhenggang Chang shared his personal experience as a local entrepreneur and the challenges that came with it during the opening ceremony of the P.E.I. Immigration Entrepreneurship Foundation earlier this month. The P.E.I. Immigration Entrepreneurship Foundation is new non-governmental organization that will help Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs find the right channel to develop or invest in the P.E.I. economy.