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 – Windsor Can’t Handle More Asylum Seekers from the U.S. Without Federal Help, Report Says
Windsor, Ont., councillors will decide this week whether to write the federal government to say the city needs help, or it won’t be able to handle any more asylum seekers. Five councillors, as part of the community services standing committee, will discuss Wednesday the arrival this month of hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Quebec’s Roxham Road border crossing.
CBC News – U.S. Republicans Are Now Warning: Migration from Canada Is a Problem
A group of Republican lawmakers say it’s time to protect the border. No, not that border. The other one, north of the United States. The one many Americans forget. Their focus: the frontier with Canada. That northern border usually is an afterthought in American politics, comfortably ensconced on the back burner of the country’s searing debates about the Mexican border. More than two dozen Republicans have a mission to change that.
Global News – Employers Seeking ‘Very Specific’ Skillset Recruit Refugee Workers Under Pilot Project
Mulham Alkhalil was able to secure a job and move to Canada with his family last May thanks to a pilot program the federal government has expanded to provide refugees with a pathway to resettlement based on their job skills. Canada launched the pilot project in 2018 to bring in 10 to 15 skilled refugees. It was extended for two more years in 2020 to admit up to 500 applicants and as of last October, more than 100 skilled refugees and their family members had arrived under the program.
La Presse – Des républicains s’inquiètent du trafic d’êtres humains à la frontière canadienne
La frontière des États-Unis avec le Canada, la plus longue du monde et un symbole durable de la coopération entre les deux pays voisins, n’a jamais vraiment été un enjeu partisan au Capitole. Mais c’est peut-être sur le point de changer. Deux républicains de la Chambre des représentants – Mike Kelly, de la Pennsylvanie, et Ryan Zinke, du Montana – ont enrôlé 26 autres membres du Congrès dans une nouvelle coalition axée sur l’immigration, la criminalité et la sécurité nationale à la frontière canado-américaine.
Toronto Star – A Doctor Back Home, a Dollarama Cashier in Canada: Will Ontario’s Plan Ease Way for Foreign-Trained MDs?
Twenty-six-year-old Mariam was a doctor in her native Syria. She treated dozens of patients every day for more than three years. Mariam’s story is hardly uncommon. She is among the hundreds of foreign-born doctors admitted to this country based on their education and experience, who face challenges integrating into health-care systems. Since 2015, over 3,600 physicians became permanent residents of Canada, according to Immigration Canada, but advocates estimate only one-third of them work in health care.
CBC News – Non-Ukrainian Family Members in Limbo Awaiting Expedited Visas
Hundreds of families seeking refuge in Canada from the war in Ukraine say a processing discrepancy at Canada’s immigration department is breaking up households for months or keeping them stuck overseas in precarious living conditions. Denis Kokhno says he, his wife and teenage daughter applied together for their visas under the the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel program (CUAET) on June 1, 2022. Nine months later, they’ve received two out of three so far.
