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.
Le Devoir – Les dirigeants européens se réunissent à Bruxelles
L’afflux de migrants vers l’Europe se poursuivait, dimanche, alors que les dirigeants européens se réunissaient de nouveau à Bruxelles pour tenter de trouver une solution à la crise. Au camp de réfugiés de Brezice, en Slovénie, près de la frontière avec la Croatie, un porte-parole de l’Agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés a encouragé les pays européens à instaurer un système unique d’inscriptions et à filtrer les nouveaux arrivants dès leur entrée dans le continent au lieu de les traiter à la pièce en chemin.
CBC – Refugee Crisis: EU Leaders Meet at Emergency Summit
As EU leaders hold an emergency meeting to tackle the refugee crisis, Slovenia is demanding swift action from the European Union to help stem the flow of refugees and migrants. About 58,000 have arrived in the small country in just one week. At a hastily called emergency summit in Brussels, 11 EU and Balkan leaders were especially looking to shore up Greece’s porous border with Turkey and slow the flow of people heading north toward the European Union’s heartland.
Global News – Inner-City Group Holds Fundraiser to Help Syrian Refugees
The North Central Family Centre is well known for helping disadvantaged people in Regina. Now, they’re taking what little they have and sharing it with people thousands of kilometers away. The fundraiser for Syrian refugees held Saturday afternoon brought people of all ethnicities together to prepare food and partake in an afternoon of entertainment by local artists. Their goal is to raise $2,500 for the charity Lifeline Syria, which sponsors refugee families.
Radio-Canada – Le Canada arrivera-t-il à accueillir 25 000 réfugiés syriens d’ici Noël?
La crise des migrants est loin d’être terminée et l’hiver s’en vient à grands pas pour les Syriens qui ont fui leur pays. L’élection d’un nouveau premier ministre au Canada est une lueur d’espoir pour plusieurs familles, car Justin Trudeau s’est fixé un objectif ambitieux. À titre de chef du Parti libéral, Justin Trudeau a fait la promesse que le Canada accueillerait 25 000 réfugiés syriens d’ici le 1er janvier 2016, ce qui constituerait une
CBC – “Would Canada Take Us?” The Cry from Germany’s Refugee Shelters
October 24, 2015
Just days after Canada elected a new prime minister, word of his plans to take in more Syrian refugees had already reached about 40 Syrians frustrated at being sheltered in a Hamburg gymnasium. “How many are they taking?” one of them asked, pulling at his donated jacket against the rain. “Would Canada take us?” Not likely. The 25,000 Justin Trudeau has promised to bring to Canada by the end of the year will likely come directly from the Middle East. These would be documented refugees already registered with the UN, and not from among those now on European soil.
If Justin Trudeau makes good on his commitment to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year, it will mean an almost threefold increase in the annual number of refugees to B.C. in the space of a couple of months. That has people tasked with resettling refugees in Metro Vancouver scrambling to ensure the necessary services are in place. B.C. typically receives between 800 and 900 government-assisted refugees each year, said Chris Friesen, settlement services director with the Immigrant Services Society of B.C., the organization charged with providing initial housing and orientation.
