Media Roundup

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.


Vice News – Canada Keeps Locking Up Migrant Teenagers Who Haven’t Committed Any Crimes

Every year, hundreds of migrants and failed refugee claimants in Canada are left to languish in jails as opposed to the holding centers designed to house migrants — even though they haven’t committed any crime. And new figures obtained by VICE News show that dozens of teens have also been in the same situation. According to documents obtained by VICE News under an access to information request, 28 migrant teens detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) were held in Canadian jails from 2010 to 2015.

https://news.vice.com/article/canada-keeps-locking-up-migrant-teenagers-who-havent-committed-any-crimes

CBC – Low Quebec Birth Rate Spurs Some Calls for Increased Immigration

An ever-declining birth rate in Quebec as well as an aging population are putting the spotlight on the province’s immigration levels against the backdrop of issues such as the economy, identity, culture and language. The province’s statistics bureau said the 2015 rate was 1.6 children per woman, down one per cent from 2014 and marking the sixth consecutive year it had edged lower.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-low-birthrate-immigration-1.3573966

Le Figaro – Les étrangers sont victimes d’une « logique de suspicion» en France

Dans un rapport sur le droit des étrangers, le Défenseur des droits Jacques Toubon souligne les différences de traitement injustifiées réservées aux étrangers. «Cette logique de suspicion irrigue l’ensemble du droit français.» Le constat du Défenseur des droits est clair: le traitement réservé aux ressortissants étrangers vivant en France n’est pas le […].

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/05/09/01016-20160509ARTFIG00210-pour-le-defenseur-des-droits-les-etrangers-sont-victimes-d-une-suspicion-en-france.php

Courrier International – Émirats Arabes Unis: Seuls les étrangers blancs et arabes sont épargnés par le racisme

Un Néo-Zélandais qui vit à Dubaï dénonce le racisme environnant. En tant que Blanc, il est plutôt épargné. Au bas de l’échelle, les personnes d’origines asiatiques, qui constituent pourtant la majorité de la population. En vivant au Moyen-Orient depuis plus d’un an, je me suis lentement accoutumé aux tendances de ses sociétés.

http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/emirats-arabes-unis-seuls-les-etrangers-blancs-et-arabes-sont-epargnes-par-le-racisme

Radio-Canada – Un visa canadien pour un chanteur « homophobe », mais pas pour un militant LGBT tunisien

Un militant qui dirige une association tunisienne de défense des droits des homosexuels s’est vu refuser un visa pour venir donner une conférence à Montréal. Mais un chanteur tunisien qui a récemment tenu des propos homophobes affirme qu’il pourra venir se produire dans la métropole ce mois-ci.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2016/05/09/001-ayari-ramy-walid-ettounsi-tunisie-homophobie-lgbt-visa-canada.shtml

CTV News – Low Quebec Birthrate Spurs Some Calls for Increased Immigration

An ever-declining birthrate in Quebec as well as an aging population are putting the spotlight on the province’s immigration levels against the backdrop of issues such as the economy, identity, culture and language. […] Quebec estimates 1.1 million people will retire between 2013 and 2022 and a recent document published for the Immigration Department said “this situation underscores the need to reassert immigration’s role and its contribution to Quebec.”

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/low-quebec-birthrate-spurs-some-calls-for-increased-immigration-1.2893087