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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.
The federal Conservatives want the Trudeau government to restore a visa requirement for Mexican tourists as concerns mount about denied refugee claims.
Asylum claims from Mexico have shot up in recent years and the rate of Mexican applicants who actually get refugee status is well below that of other countries.
Canadians are stepping up for international students after the federal government announced new measures limiting the intake over the next two years along with restrictions on work permits for incoming students and their spouses.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller announced Monday the Trudeau government will slash the number of undergraduate study permits to be issued in 2024 by 35% in comparison to 2023, resulting in approximately 360,000 visa approvals only.
Former minister of immigration and current Minister of Housing Sean Fraser says he ‘started exploring the possibility of a cap’ when he was minister but he ‘wanted to give an opportunity to provinces and institutions to actually address the problems.’
Months after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, Mohammed-sharif Alghusain is rebuilding his life on Montreal’s South Shore. Alghusain is applying for jobs while his two daughters are back in school. One of the girls, a diabetic, is finally getting the insulin she needs.
As a Canadian citizen, he was able to cross over into Egypt and get a flight to Montreal. Since then, the death toll in Gaza has risen past 25,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities. A report by UN Women says that most of the dead — 70 per cent — are women and children.
A federal humanitarian program to bring migrants from the Caribbean and South America to Canada has reached capacity fewer than two months after its launch, prompting criticism that it’s an inequitable approach to immigration from certain countries.
Ottawa resident Nixon Valere, 54, was ecstatic when the federal government announced in October it would open the door to 11,000 people from Colombia, Venezuela and Haiti who have immediate family members living in Canada, either as citizens or permanent residents.
Le ministre fédéral de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté, Marc Miller a fait l’annonce hier d’un plafond national temporaire de deux ans pour le nombre d’étudiants étrangers acceptés au pays. J’ai été très surpris d’entendre ça comme tout le monde. De dire que les prix d’augmentation du logement, c’est à cause des étudiants et qu’ils vont diminuer le nombre d’étudiants qui entrent au pays, j’étais quand même surpris, commente Ulrich Manga, fondateur et président du Service aux étudiant(e)s pour études en Saskatchewan.