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.
The Guardian – Romanian or Bulgarian? You Won’t like it Here
Please don’t come to Britain – it rains and the jobs are scarce and low-paid. Ministers are considering launching a negative advertising campaign in Bulgaria and Romania to persuade potential immigrants to stay away from the UK. The plan, which would focus on the downsides of British life, is one of a range of potential measures to stem immigration to Britain next year when curbs imposed on both country’s citizens living and working in the UK will expire. […] Other reported options include making it tougher for EU migrants to access public services. Another is to deport those who move to Britain but do not find work within three months.
Edmonton Journal – Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Predict Congress Will Approve Immigration Overhaul This Year
Republican and Democratic lawmakers were cautiously optimistic Sunday that a long-sought overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that includes a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country will clear Congress this year, the result of changes in the political landscape reflected in November’s election. Despite making little progress on immigration in his first term, President Barack Obama won more than 70 per cent of the Latino vote, in part because of the conservative positions on immigration that Republican nominee Mitt Romney staked out during the Republican primary when he advocated toughening restrictions to encourage “self-deportation” for illegal immigrants.
Salon – Arizona Bill Would Require Immigration Checks in Hospitals
Republicans have long claimed that there’s no such thing as an uninsured patient in America since anyone can just go to the emergency room for their health care. Sure that’s inefficient and expensive, but a proposed Arizona law might reduce some of those costs by making clear to undocumented immigrants that they’re not welcome in the state’s hospitals at all. […] H.B. 2293 would require that to would require hospitals to check the immigration status of patients and report undocumented patients to the authorities. Republican State Representative Steve Smith, who’s sponsoring the bill, said that it’s a way to gauge how much Arizona is spending on care for non-Americans:
Globe and Mail – Doug Saunders: Immigrants’ Children Find Multiculturalism Obsolete
The generation born after the M-word entered the Canadian vocabulary – the putative beneficiary of it – appears to find the concept obsolete. There don’t appear to be any data on this, but ask around: Those who are the most “multicultural” often like the word the least. How can this be, when Canada is just about the only country where the M-word is almost universally popular? Surveys taken over the past decade show that as many as 85 per cent of Canadians believe multiculturalism is good for the country. While leaders in Germany, Britain and France have gained political traction by blasting “multi-kulti,” in Canada there is no major political party, left or right, that opposes the concept.
Radio-Canada – Mobilisation pour garder une famille mexicaine à Saint-Hyacinthe
Des groupes communautaires de la région de Saint-Hyacinthe, en Montérégie, se mobilisent pour tenter d’empêcher l’expulsion d’une famille mexicaine. Les quatre membres de la famille Pavon-Aquila sont arrivés au Canada il y a quatre ans. Ils ont déposé à l‘époque une demande d’asile. Or, selon la commission de l’immigration, la famille Pavon-Aguila ne fait pas face à une menace spécifique dans son pays d’origine. Un niveau de risque général pour les Mexicains, dit Ottawa. Les organismes d’aide aux immigrants réclament une intervention du ministre de l’Immigration, Jason Kenney, pour qu’il annule l’avis de déportation.
La Revue – «Le développement économique du Canada va passer par l’immigration»
À la suite de l’annonce du ministre fédéral de l’Immigration jeudi, le directeur général du Service Intégration Travail Outaouais (SITO) Robert Mayrand estime qu’il s’agit d’une bonne nouvelle. «Le développement économique du Canada va passer par l’immigration autant par la main d’œuvre que par les entreprises», a-t-il ajouté.
