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 – Safe Third Country AGreement to Stay, Pledges Immigration Minister
As the debate over the future of asylum seekers in Canada continues, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has once again rejected calls to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, a pact which considers asylum-seekers to be safe in both Canada and the U.S. “[The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] supports our position and they’ve said very clearly the U.S. domestic asylum system provides due process both in Canada and the U.S.,” said Hussen while at a citizenship ceremony in Vancouver.
The Province – “We Have Capacity to Deal with Asylum Seekers,” says Immigration Minister
As hundreds of asylum seekers continue to slip across the American border into B.C., the federal immigration minister is promising that Canada has the resources to handle all of the new arrivals.
A recent report from researchers at Ryerson University suggests implementation of the city’s policy has been inconsistent. Frontline staff members still don’t have a comprehensive understanding of the rules — and neither do many of the residents they’re trying to serve.
Times Colonist – UVic’s International Students Cry Foul as Fee Increases Approved
Despite pleas to the board of governors, international students at the University of Victoria have been handed a tuition-fee increase twice that given to domestic students. The increases were part of a budget package that was passed in its entirety Tuesday by the board, with a four-per-cent increase for international students and two per for domestic. Students gathered and held signs outside the board’s meeting room at the UVic Centre and sat in during the vote.
Toronto Star – Central European Leaders Reject EU Migration Rules
Leaders from Central Europe said Tuesday they reject a European Union policy that calls for all member states to take in refugees, protesting suggestions that the level of their compliance could be linked to the availability of EU funds to them.
Radio-Canada – Un documentaire raconte la nuit sans lune des réfugiés de la mer au Canada
Une nuit sans lune : Boat People, 40 ans après raconte l’histoire d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants qui, en 1975, ont fui le Vietnam lorsque le régime communiste du Nord a renversé le gouvernement démocratique du Vietnam du Sud. Produit par Thi Be Nguyen et Marie-Hélène Panisset, ce long métrage documentaire trace le chemin par la mer […].
