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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.
Le 34e Congrès annuel de l’Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB) a lieu ce week-end au centre-ville de Moncton. L’immigration constitue le sujet de l’heure. Selon la coordonnatrice de la Communauté francophone accueillante du Haut-Saint-Jean, Martine Rioux, de plus en plus de nouveaux arrivants choisissent de vivre dans les communautés rurales. Ils […] veulent venir s’installer dans de plus petits centres pour la qualité de vie, le style de vie aussi, avance-t-elle. La ville n’est pas faite pour tout le monde. »
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2018116/congres-nb-villes-2023-afmnb
As Pakistan threatens to deport or jail undocumented migrants starting next month, the United Nations’ migration agency is warning Afghans in the country looking to emigrate that they should inform their hotels of their whereabouts when they step out on errands.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-pakistan-refugees-1.6994578
Canada is using a new artificial intelligence tool to screen would-be international students and visitors — raising questions about what role AI should be playing in determining who gets into the country.
Immigration officials say the tool improves their ability to figure out who may be trying to game Canada’s system, and insist that, at the end of the day, it’s human beings making the final decisions.
Refugees from Ukraine and other countries are arriving in Stratford with nowhere to live, says Municipal Multicultural Society board executive director, Councillor Geza Wordofa. He says, “People are sleeping on park benches and in the basements of churches; it’s not far, it’s not right.”
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_21f19b1e-5e9a-5977-a8aa-aade04c0b061.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
La ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration du Québec (MIFI), Christine Fréchette, a annoncé jeudi à Rouyn-Noranda la création d’une direction régionale pour l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue et le Nord-du-Québec. La nouvelle direction régionale sera la 10e créée par le ministère. Christine Fréchette a mentionné que six postes seront créés pour accompagner les entreprises et les collectivités. Il est question notamment de conseillers en immigration régionale, en reconnaissance des compétences et en francisation ainsi que d’agents d’aide en intégration.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2017279/immigration-retention-travailleurs-francisation