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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.
Afin d’éviter une traversée de la Méditerranée en plein hiver, de nombreux migrants tentent de rentrer dans l’Union européenne via la Bulgarie. Une ramification de la “route balkanique” qui n’est pas sans périls. Au moins, les jeunes enfants vont bien. Ils sont hors de danger, se consolent les responsables de l’hôpital de Bourgas, en Bulgarie […].
http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/bulgarie-lautre-drame-des-migrants
La préfète du Pas-de-Calais va réduire de moitié la surface de la « jungle » de Calais. Fabienne Buccio a annoncé, vendredi 12 février, qu’elle donne une semaine aux migrants qui campent dans la partie sud du bidonville pour quitter les lieux. Entre 800 et 1 000 personnes, installées sur 7 hectares dans des tentes ou des cabanes, seraient concernées.
De l’avis du comité national des jeunes du Parti québécois, l’intégration détermine la réussite de l’immigration, tant pour l’immigrant que pour la société d’accueil. Or, pour réussir l’intégration, il faut miser sur l’emploi et sur la connaissance de la langue commune.
http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/vincent-blais-fortin/reussir-lintegration_b_9222610.html
Statistics Canada reported Halifax was 17th on the metropolitan area growth list, based on July 2015 figures. Moncton ranked first among Atlantic Canadian cities with 1.3 per cent growth. “Halifax is pretty average,” said StatsCan analyst François Sergerie. “One big reason for the number (being positive) is international migration, which was up 0.5 per cent during that year.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1341720-halifax-is-growing-but-could-do-better
It is supposed to be a way to expedite permanent residency for people who want to start their own business in Canada. But three years since its inception in April 2013, just 100 people have come to Canada through the Start-up Visa program, and that includes dependents, CBC News has learned. By 2014, just four people and their five dependents had gained permanent residency through the program, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/start-up-program-disappointment-laywer-says-1.3443956
Several BC MPs are calling on the federal government to ease restrictions on the English or French language proficiency test new immigrants must pass in order to become Canadian citizens. The Conservative government passed Bill C-24 or the Strengthening of Canadian Citizenship Act in 2014, making the language test more difficult. It also expanded the age range of people required to take the test, to 65-years old, up from 55. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to repeal the bill, which also allows the government to strip Canadian citizenship from dual citizens who are convicted of terrorism-related offences.