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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.
Newfoundland and Labrador, led by Andrew Furey’s Liberal government, is the only Canadian province with no plans to end the controversial practice of incarcerating migrants in its provincial jails.
Every other province has now indicated to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that they will no longer imprison people detained under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Non-reconnaissance des diplômes étrangers, discrimination basée sur le sexe, déqualification professionnelle… Le parcours des femmes immigrantes est parsemé d’embûches au Québec. Et tous ces obstacles constituent un frein important à leur intégration socio-économique, constate l’organisme Action travail des femmes (ATF), qui est activement à la recherche de solutions pour contrer ces réactions en chaîne. Seulement 5 % des femmes immigrantes ne comprennent ni l’anglais ni le français au Canada. Au Québec, elles sont proportionnellement davantage diplômées que les personnes non immigrantes.
https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/808146/lutter-contre-dequalification-nouvelles-arrivantes
Des travailleurs qualifiés cherchant à obtenir la résidence permanente au Manitoba expriment leur préoccupation quant aux changements apportés au programme des candidats de la province. En particulier, la priorité accordée aux individus ayant déjà des liens familiaux sur place compromet leurs chances d’être sélectionnés. Vendredi, des représentants d’un collectif de nouveaux arrivants en attente d’une résidence permanente ont remis une lettre à la ministre de l’Immigration du Manitoba, Malaya Marcelino. Ils font partie d’un groupe de 700 personnes qui échangent sur leur situation à travers le réseau social WhatsApp.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2053829/lettre-gouvernement-immigration-residence-permanente
The reimposition Thursday of a visa requirement for some Mexican visitors may not be the last move Ottawa makes to save Canada’s immigration system from buckling under the weight of historic numbers of asylum-seekers.
Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday his conversation with Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed earlier this month about Canada’s attempts to get Palestinians with family ties to Canada out of Gaza was “frustrating … on many levels.”
“People are dying in Gaza so we can’t expect these meetings to be full of pleasantries,” Miller told journalists during a news conference.
He said he and Moed agreed to disagree on a number of points. He did not elaborate.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marc-miller-israel-gaza-1.7129637
Federal immigration minister Marc Miller recently announced the government is implementing a two-year cap on the number of international students admitted into Canada.
This comes amid the government’s broader changes to the immigration system to streamline the types of people who can settle in Canada. Last year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada introduced category-based draws for permanent residence applicants. The new requirements are designed to prioritize applications from health-care and STEM professionals, and other in-demand workers.
https://theconversation.com/how-open-source-tech-can-make-canadas-immigration-system-fairer