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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.
Ontario is pausing the Provincial Nominee Program that allows international graduate students to gain Permanent Residency (PR) upon completion of their degrees. […] International students tend to experience more difficulty in qualifying for all streams of immigration, such as the Express Entry system that the Harper government implemented in 2014.
More than 200 people with no legal U.S. identification crammed into a North Carolina church on a recent Wednesday night to become part of an ID program created by immigration activists in partnership with police — one community’s response to a pressing issue for immigrants and officers alike.
Just a few months after arriving in Hamilton, three Syrian refugee moms are combining their cooking skills and entrepreneurial spirit to create jobs for themselves and delicious meals for their community. Sitting around a table at the Kitchen Collective on King Street East, Rawa’a Aloliwi, Dalal Al Zoubi and Manahel Al Shareef share a laugh about the way things have turned out. Through a translator, they explain that they never expected they’d be the ones going to work — launching a small business, no less — while their husbands go to classes to improve their English.
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6788101–how-do-we-sell-our-food-in-canada-/
The funeral for the Ottawa man who died following a confrontation with police took place at the Ottawa Main Mosque Friday. […] The president of the Ottawa Muslim Association (OMA) estimated more than 2000 people attended the funeral. […] In the Muslim community the funeral and burial are typically performed within 24 hours, however, this was delayed due to the police autopsy and investigation.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/thousands-mourn-at-funeral-for-abdirahman-abdi-1.3008489
Le gouvernement italien et l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) lancent ce vendredi une campagne pour informer les candidats au départ des dangers du voyage vers l’Europe. Destinée à l’Afrique de l’ouest, elle insiste sur les violences des passeurs. «C’est une route vers mène vers l’enfer».
Elles avaient repris espoir, mais le verdict est finalement tombé jeudi : Katalin Lakatos et sa fille Gilda seront expulsées du Canada le 11 août prochain. Le gouvernement fédéral maintient donc l’avis qui avait été rendu le 12 mai dernier, acheminé quelques semaines après le rejet de la demande d’asile de cette famille rom de Hongrie.
http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/476633/les-lakatos-seront-expulses-le-11-aout