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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.
There are renewed calls to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers who’ve been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and Quebec. Last month, Ottawa announced a special program that would do just that — but it can only help about 1,000 people, and only in some sectors. Advocates say there are thousands of others risking their lives.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the London region in earnest in mid-March, front-line workers answered the call to help. And among the thousands of nurses, personal support workers and grocery store workers who continued to do their jobs despite the risks were immigrants who call London home. The London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership is looking to highlight some of those contributions made by people who have come to Canada as part of its I Am London campaign.
A Toronto man facing removal from Canada to Nigeria tested positive for coronavirus after attending an in-person meeting at a Canada Border Services Agency office, his lawyer says. The incident from earlier this month has lawyer Robin Seligman questioning why her client wasn’t offered the chance to conduct a teleconference or virtual hearing, given the ongoing global pandemic.
Au cours de ses deux premières années au Québec, Bénédicte Carole Ze n’a eu droit à aucune journée de congé. Cette phrase prononcée par son patron l’a terrorisée longtemps. La demandeuse d’asile originaire du Cameroun ne connaissait pas ses droits. Et son premier employeur – un entrepreneur agricole – l’a isolée pour que personne ne les lui enseigne.
Travel restrictions and a shift to online learning has dramatically cut the number of international students expected to attend Canadian universities and colleges this fall, and the decline will ripple through Canada’s labor market. New study permits for foreign students issued by Canada fell by 22.3% in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019, amid strict COVID-19 border controls that have blocked many new foreign students from entering Canada.
https://ca.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-universitie-idCAKBN26632B
Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against a migrant detention centre in the US, alleging medical neglect and a lack of virus safety measures. The complaint condemns the practices and conditions at the private Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia. It is based on the allegations of a whistleblower, a nurse identified as Dawn Wooten. As part of her complaint, Ms Wooten expressed concerns about the high number of hysterectomies performed on Spanish-speaking women at the centre.