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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.
The European Commission proposed more unified EU asylum rules on Wednesday, in a bid to stop people waiting for refugee status moving around the bloc and disrupting its passport-free zone.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN0ZT12C
La Commission européenne a une nouvelle fois reporté sa décision d’imposer le visa aux voyageurs canadiens. L’institution notamment responsable des traités attendra finalement le sommet Canada-Union européenne de l’automne prochain en espérant qu’Ottawa abolira finalement son exigence de visas pour les ressortissants de Roumanie et de […].
Fredericton MP Matt DeCourcey says while immigration will not solve all of the provinces economic woes, immigrants are needed to ensure prosperity and growth. […] Last week, the federal government announced a three-year pilot project to bring 2,000 new immigrants to Atlantic Canada by 2017.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/immigration-skills-economy-decourcey-1.3675059
A group of Syrian refugees will be attending the University of Manitoba over the next two weeks as part of the Mini U program. The program has hosted thousands of children each summer over the past 38 years, helping them develop leadership skills and take part in new activities. This year, alongside the 800 children the program sees every day, 22 children and 14 adults who have recently come to Canada from Syria will be joining in on the fun.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/syrian-refugees-mini-university-1.3676186
A group of immigration detainees on a hunger strike at two Ontario prisons is demanding to meet Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. But a spokesperson for Goodale would not say on Tuesday whether the minister is prepared to meet with the detainees, reported to number more than 60. […] According to End Immigration Detention Network, the detainees went on a hunger strike earlier this year in April. CBSA officials met with them, but the group said they have not followed through on the promises they made.
Des jeunes immigrants de la région de Moncton, au Nouveau-Brunswick, continuent d’apprendre le français pendant les mois d’été tout en s’amusant. Une soixantaine d’enfants, dont la moitié sont des réfugiés syriens, participent à un camp d’été organisé par le CAFi, un organisme qui accueille des nouveaux arrivants.