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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.
La Ville de Montréal imitera Toronto en mettant sur pied un Bureau d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants, estimant que son comité créé dans l’urgence il y a deux mois ne sera pas efficace à long terme. La métropole a créé il y a deux mois un Comité de coordination montréalais pour l’accueil des réfugiés syriens, réunissant plusieurs […].
While the state government mobilizes a massive response to the water crisis in Flint, handing out bottled water and filters to residents affected by lead-contaminated tap water, undocumented residents here feel left out. In interviews with Fusion, a half dozen undocumented people said that either they’ve been turned away from free water or are worried that they’ll be deported if they try to get help. Some who don’t speak English only learned about the problems with the water in the last few days, and have been drinking contaminated tap water for months.
European Union interior ministers urged Greece on Monday to do more to control the influx of migrants, some threatening to have it excluded from the continent’s prized passport-free travel zone as the crisis increasingly divides bloc members.
The underwhelming number of Syrian refugees arriving in Montreal has forced the city to reconsider its current approach to handling the situation, it announced on Monday. The city will phase out a coordinating committee it put in place two months ago by the end of February. Replacing it will be a permanent “newcomer integration office” that will help not only refugees, but immigrants as well. Montreal has only welcomed 19 government-sponsored Syrian refugees, compared to the 4,300 it initially expected to have by the end of 2015.
« Cette clôture signifie que des réfugiés se noient ! », ont scandé, samedi 22 janvier, les manifestants, environ un millier, réunis à Alexandroupolis, ville grecque située à la frontière avec la Turquie. Un rassemblement de deux jours est organisé pour dénoncer la gestion de la crise migratoire en Europe et la militarisation poussée du point de […].
Présents dans la ville portuaire depuis 2009, les No Borders sont à l’origine des débordements survenus samedi en marge d’une manifestation en soutient aux migrants.
Les No Borders se sont une nouvelle fois fait remarquer dans le nord de la France. En marge d’une manifestation de soutien aux migrants de la «Jungle», une trentaine […].