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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.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on refugees and immigration in the United States have governments throughout the Americas preparing for a significant change in the flow of migrants – and may create new challenges for countries with limited experience in receiving foreigners seeking to stay.
U.S. President Donald Trump says a temporary restraining order out of Washington state against his executive order on travel and immigration is the opinion of a “so-called judge” and that the “ridiculous” ruling will be overturned. U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle on Friday ordered a halt “on a nationwide basis” to enforcement of Trump’s controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-travel-ban-ruling-1.3967283
Le soleil méditerranéen, l’agréable déambulation dans la vieille ville de La Valette et la visite de la sublime cathédrale Saint-Jean n’y ont rien fait. Les vingt-huit dirigeants de l’Union européenne, réunis vendredi 3 février à Malte, ont finalement accouché d’un sommet très « bruxellois » : une longue déclaration commune sur la migration, difficile à résumer en quelques Tweet.
Donald Trump juge «ridicule» la décision bloquant temporairement son décret migratoire dans tous les États-Unis qui ferme les frontières aux ressortissants de sept pays musulmans. Un juge fédéral de Seattle (État de Washington, nord-ouest) a ordonné vendredi soir la suspension dans l’ensemble des États-Unis du décret promulgué la semaine dernière par Donald Trump […].
Des étudiants en droit de partout au pays uniront leurs forces, samedi, pour venir en aide aux demandeurs d’asile touchés par la décision du président Donald Trump de suspendre le programme d’accueil de réfugiés américain. Même si un juge fédéral des États-Unis a temporairement levé vendredi, à la grandeur du pays, le décret du président Trump […].
The problem is that Canada’s immigrant policy isn’t quite as dreamy as Americans might imagine. It includes a virtual ban on disabled immigrants that goes back decades: Under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, foreigners can be turned away if they “might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demands on health or social services.” […] The number of disabled immigrants rejected by Canada is not known. Most of those turned away do not have the financial means to appeal, and few cases get media coverage. But the cases that are brought to the public’s attention are eye-opening.