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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.
La demande d’asile en France s’accélère en 2016. Ce n’est pas un raz-de-marée, certes, mais sur les huit premiers mois de l’année, le nombre de requérants a augmenté plus rapidement qu’en 2015. Entre janvier et août, l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (Ofpra) a enregistré 19,3 % de dossiers de plus que durant la même période en 2015.
En pleine rentrée scolaire, les francophones du Yukon vivent un moment historique : le gouvernement territorial accorde à la commission scolaire franco-yukonaise le plein contrôle des admissions dans ses écoles, ouvrant ainsi la voie à une croissance du nombre d’élèves. La Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon tente depuis des lustres de convaincre [….].
Le « bienvenue à bord » des sauveteurs lui fait l’effet d’une vague éclaboussant son visage. Leur sourire lui paraît presque incongru. Noura avance mécaniquement ses pieds nus sur le pont de l’Aquarius. Grimper l’échelle du navire de SOS Méditerranée a été un calvaire et, même après sa prise en charge par les travailleurs humanitaires de Médecins sans frontières [….].
http://www.lemonde.fr/a-bord-de-l-aquarius/article/2016/09/08/corps-et-biens_4994258_4961323.html
Refugee and migrant children in Greece are being held in police cells, often in “poor and degrading conditions” due to a lack of appropriate shelter space, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Friday. The U.S.-based rights group said it urged the Greek government to stop using police buildings as protection sites for unaccompanied minors. “Human Rights Watch found that many children face degrading conditions in police station cells and in coast guard facilities, and unsanitary conditions in pre-removal detention centres,” the 17-page report said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/refugge-children-prison-cells-greece-human-rights-watch-1.3754330
Australia’s promise to settle 12,000 refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq appears “hollow”, six of Australia’s leading humanitarian organisations have said, with just 3,500 arrivals since then prime minister Tony Abbott promised the new intake a year ago. World Vision, Oxfam, Save the Children, Plan International, Care and Amnesty International have condemned Australia’s dilatory response to the Syrian crisis as “incomprehensible”, and called on the government to resettle all the promised 12,000 by the end of March 2017.
The Conference Board of Canada released a detailed look on Thursday at trends in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the related International Mobility Program, including the preliminary impact of major changes that were introduced in 2014 under the Conservatives. The report comes as a House of Commons committee is set to release a report this month on recommendations for updating the program. The Liberal government has promised that changes will be announced later this year.