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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 Canadien sur quatre serait favorable à une restriction de l’immigration au Canada similaire à celle promue par Donald Trump aux États-Unis, selon un sondage publié lundi. Entre novembre 2015 et février 2016, l’opinion publique avait évolué en faveur des politiques d’accueil des réfugiés, mais les récentes arrivées de migrants illégaux en provenance des États-Unis […].
The Liberal government is set to unveil its resettlement plan for Yazidi victims of ISIS, but as a one-week deadline looms, critics are keeping expectations low. On Oct. 25, MPs unanimously adopted a Conservative motion to formally declare ISIS persecution of Yazidis a genocide and promised to bring refugees fleeing the violence to Canada within four months. With the days counting down, critics have little hope the federal government will deliver on that pledge in a significant way.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/yazidis-canada-resettlement-program-1.3988427
A “significant segment” of Canadians say Canada’s 2017 refugee target of 40,000 is too high, while one in four Canadians wants the Liberal government to impose its own Trump-style travel ban. Those are just two of the findings in a new Angus Reid Institute poll that looked at Canadians’ attitudes toward the federal government’s handling of refugees. […] Overall, 47 per cent of Canadians surveyed said Canada is taking in the right number of refugees. But 11 per cent say 40,000 is too low and Canada should take in more, while 41 per cent say the 2017 target is too high and that we should not be taking in any more refugees.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/syrian-refugees-poll-trump-1.3988716
The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly.
As Montreal city council prepares to vote on Monday on a motion declaring this a “sanctuary city,” several community groups concerned with the fate of undocumented immigrants are warning that words aren’t enough. “What we’ve learned is that motions are often really symbolic and they don’t result in tangible changes in people’s lives,” Jaggi Singh, an organizer with Solidarity Across Borders, said on Sunday.
Two Conservative MPs are calling on the federal government to act to stop the flow of people illegally crossing the United States border into Canada. Michelle Rempel and Tony Clement tweeted on Sunday that illegal crossings are unsafe and place a burden on local law enforcement. […] Montreal immigration lawyer Eric Taillefer said the easiest way to stop the illegal border crossings is to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement and allow people to request refugee status at official border crossings. […] As for Rempel and Clement’s comments, Taillefer suggested the tougher rules implemented under former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper may have contributed to the current problem by making it more difficult for refugees to enter the country lawfully.