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.
Radio-Canada – Chemin Roxham : Legault poursuit son offensive dans une lettre ouverte
François Legault s’en prend aux « bonnes intentions » de son homologue fédéral qui sont devenues un « réel problème pour le Québec et le Canada » dans une nouvelle salve publiée mardi sur le site du Globe and Mail. Il s’agit du deuxième volet de la stratégie du premier ministre du Québec visant à accentuer la pression sur le gouvernement fédéral afin qu’il agisse dans le dossier de l’immigration irrégulière au chemin Roxham.
Global News – Calgary Man Trying to Bring Over Injured Family from Turkey: ‘I Can’t Let Them Go and Die Here’
Mohammad Nikzad flew to Turkey on Feb. 6, a day after the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the country. More than 46,000 people have been reported dead — including Nikzad’s mother and one of his sisters, who were killed when their home collapsed on them. All that remains of the family of four living in Turkey are his brother and sister. “Right now I have to take them out of here,” he said from overseas.
CTV News – Quebec Premier Says Roxham Road Must Be ‘Priority’ for Trudeau at Meeting with Biden
Quebec’s premier is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across an irregular border crossing in southern Quebec a priority during a meeting next month with U.S. President Joe Biden. “Roxham Road will have to be closed eventually, whether we like it or not,” Legault wrote. He said that as prime minister, Trudeau’s primary responsibility is to ensure that borders are respected.
CBC News – Internationally Trained Nurses Who Came to Canada Feel Forgotten as Provinces Recruit Abroad
When Nikka Reyes moved to Winnipeg from the Philippines in 2015, she was hoping for a promising future working as a registered hemodialysis nurse. Eight years later, she’s a Canadian citizen, but the 34-year-old is living and working in Tennessee because she was unable to get accredited in Manitoba. She also wonders why provincial governments are going on recruiting trips to the Philippines instead of using those resources to help internationally educated nurses who are already here.
CBC News – Hundreds of Thousands of Pregnant Women Need Help in Earthquake-Torn Turkey, Syria
Zeynep Atılgan Özgenç has trouble wrapping her mind around the harrowing stories she’s heard from new and expectant mothers in Turkey and Syria. Among earthquake survivors, there are more than 226,000 pregnant women in Turkey and 130,000 in Syria right now who urgently need access to reproductive health care, according to UNFPA. Of those, 38,800 are expected to deliver in the next month.
La Presse – L’Entente sur les tiers pays sûrs en 10 questions
Il n’y a à peu près pas une journée sans une nouvelle sur le chemin Roxham ou sur le mécanisme qui lui a donné naissance, l’Entente sur les tiers pays sûrs. La plupart des gens ne comprennent pas pourquoi on en est venu à créer et à tolérer un système d’entrée parallèle au Canada et, surtout, pourquoi on n’arrive pas à régler le problème. La Presse tente d’expliquer ce dossier opaque en 10 questions.
