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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.
Les migrants afghans en route pour le nord de l’Europe n’étaient plus autorisés dimanche à entrer en Macédoine, au poste frontière d’Idomeni au nord de la Grèce, a-t-on appris auprès de sources officielles grecques. “Nous avons été prévenus ce matin que les autorités macédoniennes ne laisseraient plus passer les Afghans”, a affirmé une […].
Montréal investira 945 000 $ par année pour financer le Bureau d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants (BINAM), soit près du double que la Ville de Toronto consacre à un tel service. Depuis l’embauche controversée d’un coordonnateur à l’accueil des réfugiés syriens rémunéré 1800 $ par jour, le maire de Montréal Denis Coderre martèle que […].
Dans le coeur de Berlin, sur la ligne de l’ancien Mur, côté Est, un festival clôturé ce samedi, d’où j’arrive. Placée sous des drôles d’auspices politiques, cette 66e édition de la Berlinale…Les rendez-vous de films ne flottent pas dans leur bulle, sinon mieux vaudrait les crever. Les débats de l’heure s’y posent, comme ces corneilles mantelées à dos […].
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/463412/au-refuge-des-refugies
A lawyer specializing in human rights and immigration believes that the Canadian immigration system is discriminatory when granting visitor visas. Former Canadian delegate to the United Nations David Matas believes it is “almost impossible” for a tourist to visit Canada, if they do not meet certain “generic criteria,” because Citizenship and Immigration Canada wants to make sure that visitors return to their home country when their visa expires instead of making a refugee claim. This is often the case when the applicant is from a country plagued by political or economic instability, Matas said.
Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says she’ll ask a parliamentary committee to review the temporary foreign worker program following feedback she’s received from Canadians who say reforms brought in by the previous government missed the mark. […] Stiff new fines and penalties for employers who break the new rules came into effect on Dec. 1 — after the new Liberal government was sworn into power. But reforms brought in by the Conservatives will further restrict access to the program in the coming months, unless the Liberals reverse some of those changes.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/temporary-foreign-worker-program-liberals-review-1.3453344
The federal government wants to look at changes to the temporary foreign worker program brought in by the previous Conservative regime. The changes, which put a cap on the number of temporary foreign workers for businesses, were announced in June 2014. The federal employment minister will ask a parliamentary committee to conduct the review.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/temporary-foreign-worker-review-alberta-1.3456948