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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.
Ottawa en a-t-il contre les élus de la gauche et leurs idées progressistes ? C’est la question que se posent les organisateurs d’un sommet parlementaire qui se tient mercredi à Montréal, en marge du Forum social mondial. C’est qu’en plus d’avoir refusé l’entrée au pays à l’ex-ministre malienne Aminata Traoré, les autorités canadiennes ont […].
Plus de 200 passeports d’accès à la 19e édition du Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke ont été distribués gratuitement à des nouveaux arrivants. L’initiative lancée l’an dernier vise à favoriser leur intégration dans leur nouvelle ville d’accueil. Cette distribution de laissez-passer permet de s’assurer que le tarif d’entrée établi en 2015 ne soit pas une barrière supplémentaire à l’intégration des immigrants.
Le Guardian a mis en ligne plus de 2000 documents qui témoignent des conditions de vie extrêmes des réfugiés sur l’île de Nauru, au large de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Mais le gouvernement n’entend pas pour l’instant changer sa politique migratoire. La politique australienne en matière d’accueil des réfugiés est claire, tolérance zéro.
After five months of difficult negotiations, U.N. member states have reached agreement on a political statement ahead of the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants to be held in New York in September, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/world/2016/08/09/un-says-countries-agree-on-refugee-document.html
A candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon as United Nations secretary general is among those denied a visa by Canadian immigration officials for this week’s World Social Forum in Montreal. Aminata Traoré, a high-profile anti-globalization activist and a former minister of tourism and culture in Mali, said the visa controversy is a stain on Canada’s reputation as an open country.
Learning the rules of the road is hard enough but some new immigrants in Saskatchewan face additional challenges when trying to get their driver’s licence. On Wednesday, Sherwood Chevrolet donated $5,000 to the Saskatoon Open Door Society for 10 new residents and refugees to get driving lessons to help them find a job. “There are many positions where driving is an essential duty of the job or is required to commute to more remote workplaces,” said Saskatoon Open Door Society executive director Ali Abukar.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/donation-saskatchewan-newcomers-driving-lessons-1.3715188