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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 police de Charlottetown, à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, mène une enquête après le dépôt de plaintes de citoyens qui disent avoir été contactés par des malfaiteurs se prétendant agents d’immigration. Les fraudeurs exigent au téléphone le versement de montants d’argent à leurs victimes potentielles. Cette demande est assortie de menaces.
http://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2016/08/22/de-faux-agents-dimmigration-sevissent-a-charlottetown/
La promesse de Donald Trump d’expulser 11 millions d’étrangers en situation irrégulière n’est pas définitive et il souhaite que le thème de l’immigration soit abordé de façon « juste et humaine », a déclaré dimanche sa nouvelle directrice de campagne. Le candidat républicain à l’élection présidentielle américaine du 8 novembre, qui a remanié […].
To learn the necessary communications skills to launch their careers in Canada, internationally trained professionals from places as diverse as China, Iran, Russia, Brazil, Iraq and Macedonia are turning to the Occupation-specific Language Training (OsLT) program. And after seven years of teaching in the program, instructor Corrine Mariani has seen its benefits first-hand.
Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum expects a report next month on a revamp to the temporary foreign worker program. McCallum says the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources should be ready to present its report to Parliament in September. The previous Conservative government overhauled the program in 2014 by phasing in a 10 per cent cap on the number of temporary foreign workers most businesses can hire. It also disallowed the program in regions of Canada with high unemployment.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/temporary-foreign-worker-report-coming-1.3729002
Under former president Dilma Rousseff, the country had an “open-arms” policy. One former minister said his government’s goal was to accommodate 100,000 Syrians in five years. But now Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings because of corruption scandals. Michel Temer, the interim president, has advertised a law-and-order administration with security as a top priority, and he is abandoning efforts to bring in more refugees.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-syrian-refugees-1.3727388
Winnipeg’s population is expected to top one million in 25 years mainly because of immigration, and an event in the city next week aims to line up hundreds of newcomers with jobs. The Immigrant Centre is hosting its annual job fair Wednesday, with more than 30 employers looking for workers. […] Last year, 1,700 newcomers took part in the Immigrant Centre job fair, said Amie Membreno, manager of employment services at the centre.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/newcomers-work-at-finding-a-job-390777921.html