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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.
Le gouvernement libéral réévalue la position d’Ottawa face aux objecteurs de conscience américains qui ont trouvé refuge au Canada pour éviter d’aller combattre en Irak, a confirmé vendredi le premier ministre. Justin Trudeau n’a cependant pas voulu s’engager à assouplir les modalités d’obtention de la résidence permanente pour ces pacifistes […].
La marine militaire italienne a annoncé vendredi 6 mai avoir secouru près de 1 800
bilan porte à plus de 30 000 le nombre de migrants sauvés par la marine italienne depuis le début de l’année, un niveau comparable à ceux de 2014 et de 2015.
In the United States — which has the largest refugee resettlement program in the world but does not permit private sponsorship — lawmakers and refugee advocates are watching Canada. The U.S. is taking in about 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year, but some say private citizens could do much more. A coalition of organizations led by the libertarian Niskanen Center has been lobbying the White House for executive action to authorize a scaled-back version of private sponsorship.
When Rita Khanchet saw images of a vicious wildfire destroying homes and uprooting tens of thousands of people in Fort McMurray, she immediately thought of Syria, the homeland she fled just five months ago with her husband and young son. […] Syrian refugees across Calgary are now giving what little they have to northern Albertans, after Khanchet posted an appeal in Arabic on a private Facebook group the newcomers created and frequent. […] A fellow Syrian refugee translated and shared Khanchet’s post with a wider community on the Syrian Refugee Support Group page, and within hours offers of help came in from new Canadians determined to give back to their new home.
Virtually all the 1,121 Syrian refugees in Ottawa who were sponsored by the Canadian government appear to be relying on food banks. The two food banks near where most of the Syrians have settled report they are scrambling to meet demand, but it’s not a crisis. […] But the rising price of food is making thing tougher, says executive director Michael Maidment. The Ottawa Food Bank is spending more to purchase groceries. And while donations have not declined, people whose own food budgets are strained tend to donate cheaper food items such as pasta, he said.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/syrian-refugees-and-food-banks
Refugee advocates say the Canadian government must act quickly to change a law that obliges it to strip refugees of their status under certain circumstances. A recent court decision prevents immigration officials from considering humanitarian arguments for not applying this so-called cessation of refugee status.
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/05/05/court-disallows-leeway-on-refugee-loss-of-status/