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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.
Long delays to immigration processing times for some of the most highly skilled and educated applicants seeking permanent residence in Canada are leading many of them to question the fairness of the country’s immigration system.
Greece’s prime minister lashed out Friday at European “ineptness” in handling the continent’s massive immigration crisis after 31 more people — mostly children — drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said 19 people died and 138 were rescued near the eastern island of Kalymnos, in one of the worst accidents in Greek waters since hundreds of thousands starting fleeing the war in Syria.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greece-turkey-refugee-deaths-fri-1.3295903
The Canadian Armed Forces are scrambling to determine how many Syrian refugees could be temporarily accommodated at military bases as they draft plans to help the incoming Liberal government fulfill a campaign promise to bring 25,000 asylum seekers here by Jan. 1. Ottawa is considering private airplanes to bring the refugees to Canada. Military aircraft are available, and the CC-150 Airbus Polaris could bring as many as 190 per flight, but Forces officials say it is hard to beat the cheaper, high-density seating of a chartered wide-body aircraft.
UPEI has taken over the homestay program, which finds families who want to offer room, board and emotional support to international students. Until now, the program was operated for the university by a private consulting firm, but the company wanted to scale back that part of its business. So UPEI’s international relations office has taken over.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/upei-international-students-homestay-1.3296733
L’Allemagne et l’Autriche ont décidé vendredi de limiter l’arrivée des migrants à cinq points de leur frontière commune pour mieux contrôler leur afflux, tandis que 22 candidats à l’exil ont encore péri en Mer Egée et 35 sont portés disparus au large de l’Espagne. Cette restriction du passage à la frontière germano-autrichienne, ultime étape du périple de la plupart des réfugiés fuyant la guerre ou la pauvreté, prend effet «immédiatement», a précisé à l’AFP une porte-parole du ministère allemand de l’Intérieur.
Le meurtrier présumé en Allemagne d’un petit réfugié de quatre ans a avoué avoir tué un autre garçon de six ans, disparu début juillet, et la police examinait vendredi d’autres dossiers d’enfants disparus. «L’homme a avoué dans la nuit avoir aussi tué Elias», un enfant disparu sur une aire de jeux au pied de son immeuble à Potsdam près de Berlin, a indiqué à l’AFP un porte-parole de la police, Stefan Redlich.
http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/lemonde/archives/2015/10/20151030-170937.html