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.
London Free Press – Immigration Officers Tough it Out in Pakistan
Stressed out Canadian immigration officers in far-flung Islamabad are struggling to keep up with their workload while weeding out fraudsters, documents suggest. The posting “requires hardy and committed officers who can take the pressure, day in and day out” far from family and friends, according to an internal Citizenship and Immigration Canada report acquired by lawyer Richard Kurland through access to information requests. In early April, there were more than 5,000 family-class immigration cases pending at the Canadian High Commission in Pakistan.
Community groups say the closing of the federal government’s Citizenship and Immigration Centre in Sudbury is making it more difficult for immigrants to access services and information. They now have to either travel out of town or contact the government by phone or over the Internet. […] Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault hosted a roundtable discussion on immigration Wednesday to find out how community groups that deal with immigrants are affected by the office’s closure.
Hamilton Spectator – Greece Expels Olympian Over Racist Tweets
Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece’s Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. […] Papachristou’s Twitter account contained several retweets and links to sites and YouTube videos promoting the views of Golden Dawn, a formerly marginal extreme right party that entered the Greek Parliament in the recent two national elections — in May and June this year — by polling almost 7 per cent of the vote.
Sudbury Star – Cuts Could Cripple Immigration to North: MP
Last month’s closure of Sudbury’s Citizenship and Immigration Canada office could cripple immigration in Northern Ontario, a local MP said. […] The June 1 closure, announced by the Conservative government a few months ago, affected four local employees and 19 offices across the country. The Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay offices were also shut down. People in Sudbury who need to access immigration services now have to travel to Toronto.
Europe faces an immigration predicament. Mainstream politicians, held hostage by xenophobic parties, adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over fearful publics, while the foreign-born are increasingly marginalised in schools, cities, and at the workplace. Yet, despite high unemployment across much of the continent, too many employers lack the workers they need. Engineers, doctors, and nurses are in short supply; so, too, are farmhands and health aides
Globe and Mail – B.C. Lawyer to Launch Constitutional Challenge Against Tamil Smuggling Case
A lawyer representing one of the men accused of smuggling Tamil migrants into Canada says he plans to argue the charges his client faces are unconstitutional. Peter Edelmann says Section 117 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is so broad and vague it can apply to most legitimate refugees, including mothers. The section criminalizes organizing, aiding or abetting undocumented persons to get into Canada.
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