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.
Toronto Star – Immigration Law Change Leaves Some Newcomers Struggling to Prove That Their Marriages Are Genuine
Deeparani Harishkumar Dhaliwal says her spousal sponsorship to let her husband join her in Canada has been refused four times on the ground that it’s not a genuine marriage. Family reunification has long been considered an important reason to let spouses come to Canada. However, some newcomers such as Dhaliwal face years of bureaucracy, culturally loaded questions about marriage and a subjective evaluation process, with their families’ future at stake.
La Presse – Fraude pour obtenir la citoyenneté. Un stratagème « très profitable »
Simuler une vie entière à Montréal pour obtenir frauduleusement la citoyenneté canadienne ? C’est ce qu’un consultant en immigration québécois offrait à des familles turques un stratagème « très profitable ». Georges Massoud a été condamné lundi à deux ans de prison à domicile et à une amende de 125 000 $. De fausses déclarations de revenus, des relevés scolaires bidon, des entreprises fictives, etc. Georges Massoud et ses complices fabriquaient à leurs clients des vies entières au Québec.
Le Presse – Manifestation contre un nouveau centre de détention de migrants
Des militants s’opposent à l’ouverture imminente d’un nouveau centre de détention de migrants à Laval et appellent Ottawa à changer son approche en la matière. Ils se sont rassemblés dimanche devant les bureaux de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) dans le Complexe Guy-Favreau, au centre-ville de Montréal. « On est là pour dire aux gens qu’on ne peut pas commercialiser les migrants, que leur place n’est pas en centre de réinsertion ou de rééducation, que ça n’a aucun sens de les parker comme ça dans des prisons », a dénoncé le porte-parole de Solidarité sans frontières, Hady Anne.
CBC News – He Worked for the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan. Now, He’s Being Told to Move into a Shelter
Nearly a year after Mohammad Fahim Rahmani set foot in Canada, the support he and his family received through the federal Resettlement Assistance Program is coming to an end — even as his parents’ permanent residence paperwork languish in the processing queue with the federal government. The program provides up to a year of direct financial support, temporary accommodation and referrals to community-based services as needed.
Toronto Star – Canada Leaves Door Open to Russians After Ukraine Invasion, Issuing Thousands of Visas
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ukrainians this week, on their day of independence: “You are not alone. Canadians stand with you.” Yet Canada has not taken a step that the Ukrainian government is now calling for. It has not closed its borders to Russians — at least not entirely. Ottawa has issued thousands of visas to citizens of President Vladimir Putin’s Russia since that country’s military invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to figures obtained by the Star.
CTV News – Changes Coming to Rural Northern Immigration Pilot Program
The Rural Northern Immigration Pilot program is being called a success by Canada’s immigration minister Sean Fraser, but since its launch in 2020, he said pandemic border closures didn’t give the program a chance to prove its worth for local employers. That’s why among the changes Fraser announced he’s making to the program this fall at a town meeting in Timmins Friday, is extending the pilot’s deadline to 2024.
