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.
CBC News – Mother of 2 Running Out of Time to Stay in Canada
Betty Naggayi says she arrived in Canada in 2016 as a victim of domestic abuse. She then applied for refugee status on that basis but was denied multiple times, with the final rejection coming in 2020. During that period she also met her common-law partner, Bakar Mansaray, in the capital and gave birth to two boys. “I’m requesting the Government of Canada to give me a chance to stay and raise my children,” said Naggayi. “It’s my only hope and they are Canadians.”
CBC News – Asylum Seekers Uncertain of Future After Being Bused to Ontario
Mohammed says he is too scared to disclose more details about himself other than he had to flee Chad, in Central Africa, fearful for his life. He is one of the thousands of asylum seekers bused here shortly after arriving in Quebec from New York at an irregular border crossing called Roxham Road. Mohammed was hoping to stay in Quebec because he doesn’t speak English, but he says he wasn’t given a choice when he was boarded onto a bus heading here.
Global News – UN Seeks Greater Refugee Support from Canada Amid ‘Enormous’ Global Needs
The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises that has the world looking to Canada for more help. “The need around the world is enormous,” said Kelly Clements, the UN’s deputy high commissioner for refugees, on a visit to Canada this week.
CBC News – A Single Foreign Worker Blew the Lid Off a Massive International Trafficking Ring North of Toronto, Police Say
It began with a tip from a single foreign worker. Now, police north of Toronto say they have rescued 64 Mexican migrants exploited by an international labour trafficking ring and in living conditions so deplorable that officers themselves have been left shaken. On Feb. 8, police acting on search warrants in East Gwillimbury, Vaughan, Toronto and Mississauga located dozens of workers who they say were lured to Canada with promises of a better future.
CBC News – ‘Stop the Bleeding,’ Philippines Health Official Says About International Recruiting of Nurses
The Philippines has traditionally trained more nurses than it needs, knowing they will work internationally and send money back home to support their families. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, government health officials say an estimated 40 per cent of all Filipino nurses have left the country or retired. “We would like to stop the bleeding as soon as we can,” Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, officer-in-charge of the Department of Health, said in a recent interview.
CBC News – Construction Sector Joins N.S. Delegation on Refugee Recruitment Trip to Jordan
A Nova Scotia construction company is joining an official delegation to the Middle East as the province steps up its recruitment of skilled refugees to help fill some key jobs. It’s one of the strategies being used to address a labour shortage that has been affecting some essential services. The latest recruitment trip follows a visit to Kenya last fall, after which the government announced conditional job offers to 65 health-care workers.
