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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.
Refugee advocates are urging Canada to keep its borders open to the world’s most vulnerable people as U.S. President Donald Trump orders the construction of a wall with Mexico and cracks down on illegal immigration. […] Without mentioning Mr. Trump or his policies, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office said Wednesday that Canada has “always been welcoming of newcomers and will continue to do so.”
Refugee advocates say it’s time to scrap measures that were introduced in the wake of the arrival of hundreds of Tamil migrants on the MV Sun Sea, after the jury at a high-profile human smuggling trial failed earlier this week to convict any of the four men accused of organizing the voyage.
In November, the federal government changed its electronic immigration-selection system, called Express Entry, to make it easier for international students to become citizens. And a bill pending in the Senate would restore a rule that counts half of students’ time spent studying in Canada toward the period of residency required for citizenship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/world/canada/international-students-canadian-citizenship.html
EU interior ministers on Thursday pushed ahead with plans to finance camps in Africa, where the U.N. refugee agency and aid groups would process migrants to prevent them from trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. […] The European Union has deployed a naval mission in the Mediterranean and is training the Libyan coastguard to cut the numbers attempting the journey. Now it also wants to return migrants plucked from the sea to where they came from.
Des chercheurs financés par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada se sont demandé si les services offerts aux immigrants francophones sont bien adaptés à leurs besoins dans l’Ouest, 10 ans après leur implantation. Jusqu’à ce jour, aucune étude n’avait été menée pour analyser et comprendre l’évolution des besoins de ces nouveaux arrivants pour lesquels ces services ont été mis en place.
A pilot program in Manitoba is helping new moms to Canada start learning English right away, instead of waiting until they can find child care. The mom and baby class at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology brings newcomers, who are not familiar with daycare, together for support. The English as a second language (ESL) classes run each weekday for moms with children 12 months old or younger, and are funded by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada. All students must be permanent residents.