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 – Ethiopian Canadians From Embattled Tigray Region Grapple with Overseas Conflict on One-Year Anniversary of Crisis
This week, a joint investigation by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission documented extrajudicial executions, torture, rape and attacks against refugees and displaced people that “may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.” Although the report concluded that all involved parties are responsible for the crisis “to varying degrees,” it did say the primary responsibility for addressing the violations rests with the Ethiopian government for its obligation to protect the rights of all persons under its jurisdiction.
Le Devoir – Québec veut stimuler l’immigration temporaire
Québec presse Ottawa de faire sauter les plafonds de l’immigration temporaire. Le seuil de travailleurs étrangers temporaires sera rehaussé dans 71 métiers et professions à bas salaire, et les procédures d’embauche, simplifiées, a indiqué le ministre Jean Boulet en entrevue au Devoir. Il s’engage aussi à renforcer l’escouade leur étant consacrée à la CNESST pour « s’assurer que ces personnes reçoivent un traitement équitable ».
CTV News – Kabul Safe Houses Need $5 Million by Friday to Stay Open, Say Veterans
Today, Shelson’s main preoccupation as a civilian consultant has become how to help protect and eventually move 1,700 Afghan interpreters and their families from the refuge of Kabul safe houses to safety outside Afghanistan and eventually to Canada. By Shelson’s reckoning, keeping them open — and the hope of eventual escape for their occupants — can be measured by a simple dollar figure: $5 million is needed by Friday.
Toronto Star – Afghan Refugees Housed at Quarantine Hotels Say They Lack Basics
In a hotel parking lot not far from Toronto’s main international airport, several Afghan refugees dig through boxes and bags of donated clothes in the trunk of a car. They’re looking for winter coats and shoes that might fit their children, and seasonally appropriate clothing for themselves. Many don’t have money to spare after arriving in Canada, and support payments from the federal government haven’t kicked in yet.
CBC News – Hundreds of Afghan Refugees Still Need Housing in Ottawa
About 300 refugees from Afghanistan are living in hotel rooms in Ottawa as they try to secure permanent housing to begin their new lives in Canada, but that search has proven difficult. The Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) said housing has always been a struggle to find, but things are even more challenging with this recent surge of refugees for a variety of reasons. Executive Director Carl Nicholson said because of the panicked way in which many of the newcomers escaped Afghanistan, they arrived in Canada with incomplete immigration paperwork.
Francopresse – Immigration et francophonie : les défis du monde du travail
Les régions acadiennes n’échappent pas à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre qui frappe l’ensemble du Canada, un phénomène amplifié par la pandémie. Pour faire rouler les usines de la région, les travailleurs étrangers sont d’autant plus essentiels, mais encore faut-il que toute une communauté veille à leur intégration. Souvent parrainés par les employeurs eux-mêmes, ces travailleurs étrangers ont aussi une incidence positive sur les municipalités.
