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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.
Advocates for a group of hunger-striking immigration detainees were shocked Monday to hear Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale say none had replied to his request for details of why their detention was unfair. In fact, 17 of 50 detainees in two Ontario jails who ended a hunger strike in July responded to Goodale’s invitation conveyed to them by Canada Border Services Agency officials.
Au terme de deux journées de rencontres avec les principaux acteurs impliqués dans l’opération d’accueil des personnes réfugiées syriennes, la ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, Mme Kathleen Weil, dresse un bilan positif des échanges. Les rencontres qui se sont déroulées les 15 et 16 août 2016, constituaient le moment […].
Le Centre social d’aide aux immigrants est préoccupé par le manque de soutien offert aux réfugiés que le gouvernement parraine en ce qui a trait aux soins de santé à Montréal. Selon Lida Aghasi, directrice de cet organisme responsable de l’accueil des réfugiés syriens parrainés par l’État, plusieurs familles qui s’établissent à Montréal […].
http://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/1008769/la-sante-des-refugies-a-montreal-preoccupe/
A city driving school is green-lighting discount driver training in Arabic to help smooth the road to integration for Syrian refugees settling in London. It’s the latest addition to a list of discounts and freebies, ranging from gym memberships and computer training to summer day camp spaces, aimed at helping newcomers feel at home. More than 60 newcomers will get behind the wheel with Fanshawe Driving School after an instructor noticed refugee students struggling with English course content last month.
The Canadian government is committing millions to upgrade immigration detention centres across Canada. Immigration detention facilities in Vancouver and Laval, Que., are also set to be replaced. Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the $138-million announcement Monday morning at the Laval Immigration Holding Centre. He said the objective is to make detention a last resort.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/montreal/goodale-immigration-laval-1.3721125
Le ministre fédéral de la Sécurité publique, Ralph Goodale, a annoncé lundi un investissement de 138 millions $ pour transformer le système de détention liée à l’immigration au Canada et prévoir un certain nombre de solutions de rechange à l’emprisonnement.