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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.
Face à l’afflux de réfugiés en Europe, la chancelière se trouve confrontée à la multiplication des mesures de contrôle et de fermetures des frontières dans tout l’espace Schengen, de la Grèce jusqu’à la Scandinavie. L’été dernier, quand Angela Merkel a demandé aux Européens d’ouvrir leur cœur et leur porte aux réfugiés de guerre syriens […].
That fact that not all refugees want to resettle is one of the important messages Michael VanDerHerberg planned to share at a Thursday night symposium where more than 32 private sponsorship groups celebrated their work and shared notes on how to move forward. The refugee coordinator for the city-based New Canadians Centre (NCC) spent New Year’s Eve at the sprawling Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan where he spoke with some of the nearly 80,000 refugees living there. One of the key things he learned was the need to focus on family reunification projects, he said prior to the symposium at Trent University’s Wenjack Theatre that drew more than 400 participants from groups in and around the city.
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/08/refugee-sponsorship-groups-share-notes
Canada’s border agency plans to compare images of people arriving in the country with photographs of suspects on watchlists to keep out alleged terrorists and other criminals. The federal privacy watchdog has cautioned the agency that the scheme could ensnare the wrong travellers, resulting in unwarranted scrutiny for some people at the border.
As B.C. prepares to welcome at least 2,400 Syrian refugees by the end of February, advocates say they could face long waits for essential English language courses. “It is a huge issue for us,” said Chris Friesen, the director of settlement services with the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. Friesen says, depending on the city, federally-funded Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) courses have wait lists of up to a year or more.
Refugee agencies and the Red Cross are racing to line up housing for thousands of Syrians in the coming weeks as the focus of the Liberal government’s program shifts from refugees with private sponsors to those assisted by the government alone. Three military bases in Ontario and Quebec should be ready by the end of next week to provide essential services for government-assisted refugees, said Hossam Elsharkawi, associate vice president, international operations for the Canadian Red Cross.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/red-cross-racing-to-prep-military-bases-for-syrian-refugees-1.2729782
Deux hommes originaires du Moyen-Orient, arrivés aux États-Unis il y a plus de trois ans en tant que réfugiés, ont été arrêtés en Californie et au Texas en raison d’accusations fédérales de terrorisme international, ont dit jeudi des responsables américains. Arrêtés à Sacramento et à Houston, les deux hommes ne sont pas impliqués dans un complot […].