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.
Global News – Ngola Case ‘Definitely Bad PR’ for Immigration, Doctor Recruitment in New Brunswick
The case of a Black doctor who says he was forced to leave New Brunswick after receiving a torrent of racist abuse could impact the province’s ability to attract more immigrants and doctors, observers say. Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola, who is of Congolese descent, says he was threatened with lynchings and told to go back to Africa, among other insults, after he was falsely blamed in public statements for causing a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton, N.B., in the early months of the pandemic.
Toronto Star – Are These Two Photos of the Same Person? Canada’s Controversy Over Asylum-Seekers and ‘Photo Matching’
Abdiqani Ibrahim Ali claims he spent all his life in a rural town in Somalia — until his father was gunned down by terrorists. It was on those grounds, more than four years ago, that he was granted asylum in Canada. Now, three years after Ali became a permanent resident, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is alleging he has fabricated his asylum story, and his whole identity. How they’ve come to that determination is prompting allegations that the federal government could be using some form of facial recognition devices as it assesses refugees.
Le Devoir – Des organismes interdits par Québec de parrainer des réfugiés se défendent
Des organismes empêchés de parrainer des réfugiés à la suite d’une enquête du ministère de l’Immigration sur l’intégrité du programme estiment avoir été placés à tort sur une liste noire divulguée mardi. Tandis que certains songent à entreprendre des démarches judiciaires, d’autres invoquent la réglementation nébuleuse et difficile à appliquer du programme. Au cabinet du ministre de l’Immigration, Jean Boulet, on précise qu’on a eu « des motifs valables et suffisants » pour exclure les organismes visés.
Radio-Canada – Quatre personnes sont mortes au Manitoba en tentant de traverser la frontière
Quatre personnes, dont un bébé, sont mortes au Manitoba en tentant de traverser la frontière avec les États-Unis, selon la Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Les policiers croient que les victimes sont mortes de froid. Pour l’instant, la police fédérale ignore l’âge exact et la nationalité des victimes, ainsi que la raison pour laquelle elles tentaient de traverser la frontière. Les victimes auraient été confrontées à des champs à perte de vue dans la noirceur totale avec d’importantes accumulations de neige carrément impassables à pied.
Global News – Man Charged After Four People Found Dead Near Canada-U.S. Border in Manitoba
Manitoba RCMP say the bodies of four people — two adults, a teen and an infant — were found on the Canadian side of the U.S./Canada border near Emerson on Wednesday. Jane MacLatchy, Manitoba’s commanding officer, said all four were located within 9-12 metres of the border. Police are referring to them as victims, as there are concerns the group’s attempted border crossing was facilitated in some way, and that they were left out in the extreme cold.
CBC News – Migrant Worker from Jamaica Dies in COVID-19 Isolation in Ontario While Waiting to Start Work
A temporary foreign worker who recently arrived in Ontario from Jamaica has died while in isolation for COVID-19. The man was in his 40s, according to Joe Sbrocchi, general manager of Ontario Greenhouse and Vegetable Growers. The man came to the province earlier this month and had been in an isolation centre in Essex County in southwestern Ontario. He died sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, days before his isolation was set to finish.
