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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.
2015 a vu 3 770 migrants mourir aux portes de l’Europe, et 2016 pourrait bien dépasser ce chiffre macabre. En effet, le rythme des arrivées en Europe n’a non seulement pas faibli, malgré les contrôles aux frontières de multiples pays européens, mais il a fortement augmenté.
Some Syrian refugees living in limbo months after arriving in Canada say they feel frustrated, and ignored by settlement workers. […] ISSofBC director of settlement services Chris Friesen says they’re working “flat out” on the “monumental task” of finding housing in Metro Vancouver for refugees on budgets tied to provincial welfare rates.
Border services officers are identifying and detaining more people with outstanding arrest warrants at Canadian border crossings after making changes to the way travellers are checked for security risks. […] Canadian officers working the front lines of border checkpoints could access information about people being sought by immigration authorities, or those with lost, stolen or fraudulent passports. But until last year, other databases, such as CPIC, were only made available to officers at a secondary screening where more thorough checks are conducted.
The idea that this is all about a child custody issue, and not about her high-profile criticism of the Canadian government, just doesn’t wash, she says. The founder of Extreme Dialogue and Mothers for Life — both organizations which aim to dissuade other youths from making the same mistake her son Damian made — suspects her forced exile has more to do with her activities as “the mother of a terrorist” and an outspoken critic of current de-radicalization efforts in Canada.
Up to 500 migrants might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the worst such tragedy in 12 months and bring the total number of migrant drownings in the southern Mediterranean to nearly 800 so far this year.
Kingston is about to play an even bigger role in helping Syrian refugees settle in Canada. On April 13, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced that organizations in four more Canadian communities, including Kingston, will be welcoming government-assisted refugees over the next year.