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.
National Post – Syrian Refugees “Represent Represent Relatively Low Security Threat”: Declassified CBSA Report
An intelligence report by Canada’s immigration enforcement branch found little evidence of security concerns about Syrians, contrary to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to ban citizens of the country. “Syrian refugees represent a relatively low security threat,” the report concluded. “The majority of fleeing Syrians are women and children, with men between the ages of 18 and 59 making up 22 per cent of that population.”
CTV News – The Legal Reasons Asylum Seekers Sneak Across the Canada-U.S. Border
Immigration lawyers say that a flawed agreement between the United States and Canada is encouraging people to sneak across the international border.Chantal Desloges told CTV’s Power Play Tuesday that those who sneak into Canada will have their refugee claims heard by Canada, even if they have been rejected or expect to be rejected by the United States. The Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement is meant to make sure refugee claimants only have a hearing in the first country they land in but it “only applies if the person shows up at a regulated border crossing and reports to a Canada Border Services officer,” according to Desloges.
L’immigration francophone dans les territoires et l’Ouest canadien, où en sommes-nous ?
Le Bureau de la recherche du Campus Saint-Jean (CSJ) a présenté, le 26 janvier, la première conférence et dialogue intitulée Immigration francophone dans les territoires et l’ouest canadien : réalités et perspectives après 10 ans d’accueil et de service. Cette conférence financée par Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada, (IRCC) […].
Quand on est arrivé en tant que réfugié au Canada, retourner dans son pays d’origine, ne serait-ce qu’une fois, peut coûter très cher. Des demandeurs d’asile l’ont appris à leurs dépens : après avoir dûment obtenu leur résidence permanente, des centaines d’entre eux se sont vu retirer leur statut et leurs privilèges et risquent même l’expulsion.
Los Angeles Times – Longtime Phoenix Resident in U.S. Illegally Detained in Early Display of Trump Executive Order’s Reach
Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, 36, had lived in the country since she was 14. She was arrested in 2008 during a workplace raid ordered by then-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio at Golfland Sunsplash amusement park in Mesa, Ariz., and convicted of felony identity theft for possessing false papers. A mother of two, she continued to live in Arizona and checked in with ICE every six months. On her scheduled meeting Wednesday morning, she arrived at the ICE field office in Phoenix surrounded by supporters. An immigration attorney later told the crowd outside that Garcia de Rayos had been arrested.
CBC – New Westminster Schools May Soon become Sanctuaries for Undocumented Children
New Westminster schools are one step closer to becoming sanctuaries for children of families with precarious immigration status, who fear enrolling their children in schools will risk their security. On Tuesday night, the education policy committee of the New Westminster Board of Education recommended approval of a sanctuary schools policy to go forward for a vote on Feb. 28. […] School board vice-chair Mark Gifford says some families have held their children back from school for months or even years out of fear of losing their children or being forced out of the country.
