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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.
When they were last on Canadian soil, the Pusuma family took sanctuary in a Toronto church as they fought to avoid being sent back to their native Hungary. On Thursday, 18 months after leaving Canada, Jozsef Pusuma, his wife, Timea Daroczi, and their daughter Viktoria (Lulu) were welcomed back by their loyal supporters who battled for the Roma family’s return.
Canadian human-rights and refugee groups say the federal government’s decision to limit the number of annual Mexican refugee claims is discriminatory, after federal officials had argued the move protects Canada from bogus refugees, many of whom are involved in organized crime syndicates.
The Canadian government is proceeding with a campaign promise to lift the visa requirement for Mexican travellers on Dec. 1, even though public servants are warning the move comes with significant risks. Information obtained by CBC News shows government officials have cautioned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government about proceeding ahead of a thorough review. The information includes a number of conditions Mexico should be required to meet in advance of the visa lift, including unfettered access by officers of the Canadian Border Services Agency at Mexican airports and a new information-sharing agreement between the CBSA and relevant Mexican authorities.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mexico-visa-restrictions-lifting-three-amigos-1.3648757
Pendant que la crise des réfugiés syriens accapare la communauté internationale, près de 3 millions de déplacés afghans sont quelque peu laissés pour compte au Pakistan. Pourtant, après la Syrie, l’Afghanistan est le pays qui génère le plus de réfugiés, selon des chiffres publiés cette semaine par le Haut commissariat aux réfugiés des Nations unies (UNHCR).
Elles ont fui la tyrannie des djihadistes et la famine à Fallouja pour la sécurité d’un camp de déplacés, mais des milliers de familles irakiennes se retrouvent toujours sans nourriture et sans abri pour dormir. « Le gouvernement nous a dit de quitter nos foyers, alors on l’a fait.À en croire la manière dont ils nous ont décrit [le camp], nous allions nous retrouver au paradis » […].
Students at Toronto’s “newcomer high” are scrambling to file a human rights complaint as the board gets set for a final vote on whether to close down and move their one-of-a-kind school into nearby Danforth Tech. The fate of Greenwood Secondary — which nurtures and educates newly arrived refugees and immigrants — will be decided by trustees at a meeting Wednesday night, and it is unclear how a human rights complaint could affect the board’s plans.