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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.
Monsieur le Ministre des Finances Raymond Bachand, À l’aube du prochain budget que vous comptez présenter le 20 mars prochain, les 142 organismes de la Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes (TCRI) désirent porter à votre attention les préoccupations de ceux qui oeuvrent quotidiennement auprès des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes dans toutes les régions du Québec.
Since November, Ottawa has stopped accepting new sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents in order to halt the growing backlog, which now stands at 168,500. It plans to accept between 21,800 and 25,000 applications in the category in 2012, up from 15,326 in 2010. As of February, 1,361 Super Visa applications have been assessed, with 313 — or 23 per cent — of the cases refused. In comparison, Canada rejects 20 per cent of the 1 million temporary resident visa applications it receives yearly.
In today’s competitive labour market, new Canadian job seekers without Canadian experience or recognized credentials face increasing difficulty. The 2012 winners of Canada’s Best Employers for New Canadians have reached out to support newcomers in practical and welcoming ways.
Graduates scouring the recruitment pages amid Portugal’s worst recession in memory are increasingly opting for the chance of a better life in the former colonies of Angola and Brazil. Portugal flourished as a global power with explorers like Vasco da Gama and Pedro Alvares Cabral building an empire that lasted for 600 years. Now, a new wave of adventurers is once again seeking work, and fortune, elsewhere.
They labour under some disadvantages, but their willingness to take risks, attitudes inherited from entrepreneurial cultures, and outsiders’ view of Canada allows immigrants to spot gaps where there are business opportunities.
The Conservative government is on the verge of passing Bill C-31, legislation that gives the immigration minister the sole right to declare a country “safe” — thereby making it virtually impossible for its citizens to gain refugee status in Canada. Federal officials did not provide details on whether a list of “safe” countries would be published or whether the minister, Jason Kenney, would decide extemporaneously. Activists fear Mexico would be near the top of the safe-country list because Kenney has criticized “bogus” claims from democratic nations.