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.
CBC – Refugee Arrival Delays Prove Costly, Frustrating for Some Saskatoon Sponsorship Groups
Refugee sponsorship groups in Saskatoon say empty apartments and basements full of furniture have gone unused for months while they wait for families to arrive. For more than a year, members of the P.O.R.C.H. refugee sponsorship group have been storing household items, ready for the day they find out the family is on its way. But that day has not arrived.
Margi Corbett is part of the group of about 20 people who have applied to sponsor an Iraqi family that has been waiting in Lebanon for about four years.
Toronto Star – Europe Scrambles to Help Homeless, Migrants As Deep Freeze Grips Continent
Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather. In Serbia, aid workers scrambled to help hundreds of migrants sleeping rough in parks and makeshift shelters.
The extreme winter weather that has gripped Europe in the past days has caused more than a dozen deaths, left villages cut off, caused power and water outages, frozen rivers and lakes, grounded flights and led to road accidents. Serbia’s authorities on Sunday banned river traffic on its stretch of the Danube — one of Europe’s main rivers — because of ice and strong wind.
Two men died of cold in Poland on Saturday, bringing the nation’s death toll from winter weather to 55 since Nov. 1, authorities said Sunday. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius in the mountains of southern Poland.
Montreal Gazette – Lisée Reaches Out to Cultural Communities to Boost PQ Support
“The fact that we have decided to not hold a referendum in the first mandate is a way of improving the atmosphere,” Lisée said during a news conference in Montreal on Sunday.The new PQ leader made the comments as he announced several measures to improve his party’s relationship with immigrants, many of whom often vote Liberal in provincial elections. The party has appointed longtime sovereignist Évelyne Abitbol as a special adviser and asked her to develop links with various immigrant groups before the next provincial election.
La Presse – Brexit : pour Theresa May, l’important c’est le contrôle de l’immigration
La première ministre britannique Theresa May a laissé entendre dimanche qu’elle donnerait la priorité au contrôle de l’immigration en provenance de l’Union européenne sur l’accès au marché unique européen lors des négociations sur le Brexit. «Nous pourrons avoir le contrôle de nos frontières, de nos lois…
Le Monde – MSF dénonce les violences policières contre les migrants à Paris
Médecins sans frontières a dénoncé, samedi 7 janvier, les violences policières à l’encontre des migrants en errance qui dorment dans les rues de la capitale. Selon l’association humanitaire, les forces de police « harcèlent les migrants en confisquant leurs couvertures, utilisant parfois des gaz lacrymogènes » […].
CBC – Newcomers Learn how to Brave a Canadian Winter
The program’s goal is to educate new immigrants on how to dress appropriately for Canadian winters, where to find affordable winter clothing and suggestions on areas and trails to explore. “We wanted to do this event today in partnership with Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia because we felt like it was an important project to get new Canadians outside and discover a trail that’s here in Spryfield and then also learn about how to dress for the weather,” said Heidi Verheul, Wild Child co-ordinator.
