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.
Reuters – Canada’s Davies to Donate World Cup Earning to Charity
Bayern Munich and Canada defender Alphonso Davies has said he will donate his 2022 World Cup earnings to charity. Davies was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana where he spent five years before moving to Canada and said he wants to show his gratitude by giving something back. “It’s a great honour to play for Canada and I want to give back, so I’ve decided that I will donate this year’s World Cup earnings to charity.”
CTV News – ‘It’s Been a Nightmare’: Kitchener, Ont. Father Faces Deportation After 31 Years in Canada
Jamie Carrasco is facing deportation to Nicaragua after being accused of crimes against humanity while serving under the Sandinista National Liberation Front Government from 1983 to 1989. “It’s been a nightmare being in this situation. Every year in limbo, you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” Carrasco said.
Toronto Star – Canada Rolls Out Measures to Help International Students Stay — And Work — In This Country
After weeks of delays, Canada is rolling out interim measures to allow international students who have been left in a kind of immigration limbo due to pandemic backlogs to stay and work legally in this country. Starting Monday, the immigration department will email individuals whose work permits have expired, or will be expiring, between Sept. 20, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2022.
Toronto Star – Ottawa Cheated 107 Iranians Out of a Fair Shot at Their Canadian Dream, Judge Finds
The Federal Court has ordered Canada’s immigration department to reconsider the cases of 107 Iranian immigration applicants who were turned down en masse. The court also ordered the immigration department to pay the litigants a total of $50,000 in costs — one of the highest amounts ever awarded in an immigration case.
CBC News – Police-Reported Hate Crimes Up 21% in B.C. During 2nd Year of Pandemic
Hate crimes as reported by police forces in B.C.’s metropolitan areas are up for the second straight year of the pandemic, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Vancouver, Victoria, Abbotsford-Mission and Kelowna — the four municipalities in B.C. the federal agency chooses to represent in its data — saw an overall 21 per cent increase in police-reported hate crimes in 2021 (from 421 to 509 incidents), following a 58 per cent jump in 2020.
CBC News – Even a Year’s Worth of Rent Can’t Get Recent Immigrants into Decent Housing in Winnipeg, They Say
As soon as Femi and Omolara Aloba got approval to move to Canada from Nigeria, they started searching online for a place in Winnipeg where they, their two-year-old son and their soon-to-be-born baby could live. The Alobas had enough savings to cover their rent for a year in Canada, but soon realized just having money to pay for rent wasn’t enough. Landlords wanted Canadian credit history, Canadian pay stubs, and Canadian work experience — or, in place of those things, a guarantor in Canada.
