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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.
They might not yet be able to vote but that’s not stopping Syrians from taking part in one element of Canadian political life – giving their MP an earful. Over two dozen Syrians who’ve arrived in Canada since the fall were in Ottawa Thursday to get a tour, thanks to their member of Parliament Melanie Joly.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/syrian-refugees-share-hurdles-to-new-life-in-canada-1.2860210
Amira Elghawaby of the National Council of Canadian Muslims explains that this isn’t the first time that a foreign anti-immigration, or anti-Islamic, group has come to Canada and tried to establish itself. She references the anti-Islamic group Pegida that came here but couldn’t find any traction. She says that “gives a lot of Canadians a lot of hope.” Elghawaby cites stories like the Ontario community of Peterborough rallying around the Muslim community after a mosque was torched, and people gathering to clean up after someone spraypainted “Go Home” on a local mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta.
Almost 6,000 migrants and refugees have sailed from Libya to Italy in the past three days in what appears the start of a wave of at least 100,000 and “possibly many, many more” this year, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday.
The head of the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association says they’re busily preparing for the arrival of refugees from Syria and Burma. Earlier this week, the federal government announced that Thunder Bay was being added as a temporary Resettlement Assistance Program centre.The association has “shown that they have the services in place to accept government-assisted refugees,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada stated in a news release.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-refugees-multicultural-association-1.3537109
A $16-million RCMP project to help keep dangerous refugees out of Canada has turned out to be an expensive security flop. An internal evaluation says the screening project delivered information too late, strayed beyond its mandate, and in the end did almost nothing to catch refugees who might be linked to criminal or terrorist groups.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-refugee-screening-1.3536104
About 200 Syrian refugees have arrived on the Island and the focus is now on integrating them into the community, say officials with the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada. Most of the refugees have a place to live, children are attending school or daycare and adults are in language training. The association has been holding sports events for the children of Syrian newcomers, and information sessions for the adults.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-syrian-refugees-volunteer-tutors-1.3532297