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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 réalité du marché du travail est parfois brutale : les nouveaux arrivants et les gens issus d’un groupe ethnique minoritaire ont souvent du mal à se trouver un emploi. Voici quelques conseils pour surmonter les préjugés et dénicher l’emploi de rêve. «Beaucoup de personnes passent par le processus d’immigration et d’accueil […].
Hilary Thorne says the camping trip for the Syrian refugee families took a few months to plan.Thorne works with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), and helped to organize the overnight camping trip at Keji. […] “In terms of mental health, I think getting out of the city and into nature, and having that experience, is so important and it’s something that our recent newcomers might not have the opportunity to do.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/syrian-refugees-camping-keji-national-park-1.3696337
Une famille de réfugiés syriens, parrainée par un groupe de jeunes Montréalais, est sans nouvelles du Canada, alors que leur quartier de résidence dans un village de Turquie est déchiré par des tensions raciales. Feras Darwish craint pour la sécurité de sa famille, qui a pourtant passé avec succès son entrevue il y a trois mois à l’ambassade canadienne.
Retour à la case départ pour l’Association multiculturelle de la région Chaleur. Le contrat de la directrice générale, qui n’était en poste que depuis novembre dernier, n’a pas été renouvelé. En deux ans et demi, une des directrices générales a démissionné et ses successeures n’ont pas été reconduites dans leurs fonctions.
A hunger strike by immigration detainees jailed in Lindsay, Ont. has passed the two-week mark, but only two inmates are participating out of an original 55, corrections officials say. The statement could not be independently verified. Supporters said that 68 detainees were participating in the hunger strike when it began on July 11. Due to lockdowns, however, they no longer have their own estimate of how many are involved.
Even before Turkey was thrown into crisis by a coup attempt, its deal with the European Union to stop migration westward was under strain: Turks did not get the visa-free travel they were promised, and Greece was overwhelmed with asylum claims that have halted deportations for weeks. Now critics of the agreement argue Turkey is even more unsafe, and warn the arrangement might collapse altogether — heightening anxiety in neighbouring Greece, the main gateway for migrants into the EU.