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.
Vancouver Sun – Refugee Arrivals to Vancouver Paused as Agency Scrambles to Find Housing
The Immigrant Services Society of B.C. has asked Ottawa to hit the pause button on Syrian refugee arrivals to Vancouver as temporary hotel rooms fill up and the agency scrambles to house those already here. There will be 763 government-assisted Syrian refugees in Vancouver by Sunday, said Chris Friesen, the agency’s director of settlement services, up from 389 on Dec. 31. Only a handful have been moved out of the six hotels where they are being temporarily housed and into permanent accommodation.
CTV News – Federal Government Opens Call for Rural Areas to Resettle Syrian Refugees
The federal government has opened calls for new organizations and cities to apply to receive government-assisted Syrian refugees. “This is a big deal, a big development,” said Alex Leblanc of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council. Many government-sponsored refugees have been directed to larger centres. Most of the refugees going to rural areas are privately sponsored. Now, multicultural groups in smaller communities will be considered.
Les incidents de Cologne découlent surtout de problèmes frontaliers propres à l’Europe. Doug Saunders, auteur d’ouvrages sur les phénomènes migratoires et qui étudient pour la Banque mondiale les pratiques d’intégration des immigrants, croit qu’au Canada, les tensions liées à l’immigration risquent surtout d’apparaître dans les banlieues si on […].
CBC – Immigrants Who Send Money Home Worried About Sinking Loonie
The sinking loonie is making Canadian immigrants, who collectively send billions of dollars a year to their loved ones abroad, nervous they will no longer be able to support their families. […] Christine Straehle, a migration expert at the University of Ottawa, said the low dollar could also be difficult for temporary foreign workers. “Most of these people work in low- to middle-income jobs. Most people will send $500, maybe $800 per month. And every exchange rate, every worsening of the Canadian dollar in relation to the American dollar will affect the rate of return for the people back home,” she said.
Radio-Canada – Fredericton souhaite que le milieu rural accueille des famillles syriennes
Les régions du Nouveau-Brunswick à l’extérieur des grands centres urbains pourraient accueillir jusqu’à dix familles de réfugiés syriens chacune, espère Francine Landry, ministre de l’Éducation postsecondaire, de la Formation et du Travail. Son ministère précise qu’il ne s’agit pas d’un programme formel, mais d’une option envisagée pour […]
Acadie-Nouvelle – Accueil des réfugiés : des contradictions entre Fredericton et Ottawa
Le Nouveau-Brunswick a toujours l’intention d’accueillir un réfugié sur trois dans les communautés francophones et compte sur l’aide d’Ottawa pour y arriver, selon la ministre Francine Landry. L’objectif de la province semble cependant en contradiction avec les récents propos du député fédéral Dominic LeBlanc sur les ondes de la radio […].
