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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.
As Trump seeks to crack down on undocumented immigrants in the United States, about half of whom are Mexican, there are some nascent signs that more Mexican migrants see a future in Canada, which in December eased travel for visitors from Mexico. Canadian government data shows a tripling of Mexicans seeking to travel to Canada in the three months since the visa requirement was shelved.
More than a year after landing in Canada, many Syrian refugees are still having trouble integrating, according to government data and researchers who have studied the issue. In comparison to government-sponsored refugees, privately sponsored newcomers tend to fare much better in the short term in language acquisition and job integration, Dawn Edlund of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said Thursday. She said that while more than half of the privately sponsored Syrian refugees who arrived before March 2016 have found work, only 10 per cent of government-sponsored refugees have done so.
A group of refugees in London, including five young women that another Syrian immigrant stumbled across in a shawarma shop, caught a lucky break on that big second step, with free tuition scholarships from Fanshawe College, Western University and local career colleges. For the five young women, it wouldn’t have happened without the help of Sami Barkho.
http://www.lfpress.com/2017/03/16/scholarships-open-doors-for-syrian-refugees
The Charlottetown food bank is looking for more halal and whole food donations for clients who are immigrants. Mike MacDonald, general manager of the Upper Room, says last year more than 500 people — or seven per cent — of people using their services were newcomers, many of them from Muslim cultures.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-immigrants-food-bank-1.4028298
« Game is over », crache Farid, 26 ans, comme pour évacuer sa colère. Le visage couvert de sueur, le jeune Afghan appuie ces mots d’un non de la tête, comme si son retour dans le camp de Sid ne suffisait pas à signifier son échec à franchir la frontière. Fin février, sa sixième tentative de passage de Serbie en Croatie vient d’échouer.
Ankara pourrait mettre fin au pacte migratoire conclu en mars 2016 avec l’Union européenne (UE). Cet accord a permis de limiter le nombre d’arrivées des migrants et des réfugiés sur le continent européen. Les relations entre la Turquie et l’UE se sont détériorées après le refus des Pays-Bas de laisser entrer des ministres turcs pour tenir des rassemblements politiques […].