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 – New Canadians, Mostly Filipinos, Snapping Up Homes in St. John’s Region
It’s a refreshing trend for a province that manages to retain, on average, just 25 per cent of the immigrants and refugees that come to Newfoundland and Labrador. […] Observers credit the surge to a provincial down payment assistance program that was established as a pilot project two years ago for low-income earners, and an influx of people from the Philippines as part of the temporary foreign worker program.
Reuters Canada – Germany to Accept Hundreds of Migrants to Boost EU Program: Italy
Germany has agreed to take in hundreds of migrants who are blocked in Italy in a move that might revive the European Union’s failed relocation program, Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Tuesday. As part of a deal to relieve pressure on Europe’s frontline states in the migration crisis, the European Commission last year devised a plan aimed at moving thousands of new arrivals away from Italy and Greece towards other EU members.
Le Monde – À Côme, l’impasse pour les migrants refoulés par la Suisse
L’entrée du parc est ornée d’une grande sculpture en forme de main. Un jeune garçon y fait un somme, écrasé par la chaleur du mois d’août. Autour de lui se trouvent des centaines de personnes étendues dans leur tente, faisant une lessive à la fontaine ou jouant au volley-ball. Un lit d’enfant est posé sous un arbre.
CBC – Ottawa Group That Used to Focus on Chinese Newcomers Now Recruiting Syrian Refugees
An Ottawa organization that used to focus on helping Chinese newcomers get settled in the capital has a new focus on Syrian refugees. The Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre (OCCSC) held a party at the Boys and Girls Club on McArthur Avenue in Ottawa Sunday afternoon to spread awareness of its new programs, which include language, job and technology workshops. The centre’s settlement manager said the OCCSC has widened its focus to helping all new Canadians since it was founded in 1971, but the influx of refugees from Syria deserves special attention.
The Globe and Mail – Questions Raised Over Effectiveness of Foreign Worker Program Inspections
A major spike in inspections under the temporary foreign worker program is spurring debate over the effectiveness of these new reviews.The Globe and Mail reported Monday that federal officials conducted 586 inspections under the program in 2015 and have already held 1,537 as of mid-August. Yet during that time, only two employers – an Ontario farm and a New Brunswick trucking company – have been added to a public blacklist of companies temporarily banned from the program.
Toronto Star – Rule Keeping Refugees’ Dependants Away Draws Fire
According to the Canadian Council for Refugees, the law disproportionately affects refugees. Reasons for non-disclosure include: lack of information, misinformation on officials’ part about the regulation, cultural shame of a child born out of wedlock, and sometimes the applicant’s lack of awareness that the dependent existed at the time. Some Chinese immigrants named their first child and did not report the existence of other kids for fear of exposing violations of China’s strict one-child policy, thinking they could later sponsor the others.
