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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.
Edmonton Journal – Creating an Underclass of Disposable Workers
In addition to prohibiting certain skilled occupations, the government has also placed a cap of a total of 12,000 applications under the CEC program, and individual caps of 200 applications on many job categories. In 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada, the highest number ever. Essentially the government is now saying to temporary foreign workers that they have almost no hope of immigrating.
MetroNews – Immigration in the Spotlight for Minister’s Visit to London
Roughly one in every five Londoners is an immigrant, and yet there remain significant barriers for newcomers to the city. That’s the message the London Multicultural Club is trying to convey leading up to its roundtable event this month. More importantly, the club is hoping that event – which Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Michael Coteau will attend – will help seek solutions to some of the obstacles faced by immigrants to the Forest City. Deeq Abdi, a board member of the London Multicultural Club, says chief among those barriers is the difficulty immigrants have in landing jobs in their respective fields despite having the necessary education and credentials from their home countries.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Canada is admitting foreign workers, including Filipinos under its Live-in Caregiver Program. Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Chris Alexander said the government has turned its attention to the LCP by slashing application backlogs and processing times for skilled workers, parents and grandparents, she said. […] Baldoz said the backlog had grown steadily in which the number of caregivers completing their work obligations and becoming eligible for permanent residency has outpaced the planned levels of admissions from the program. […] Caregivers can apply for permanent residence in Canada after working for two years during their first four years after entry into Canada. As a result, a record number of live-in caregivers will be admitted as permanent residents of Canada in 2014.
CP24 – Dominican Republic Launches Migrant Children Plan Amid Fears Thousands will Lose Citizenship
The Dominican Republic on Saturday launched a plan putting into motion a recent court ruling that could strip the citizenship of children born to migrants living there illegally. The plan states that those affected by the ruling have 18 months to request Dominican citizenship starting in June 2014. The plan, however, does not provide details on what kind of requirements or conditions should be met. […] Human rights groups have decried the plan and the ruling, saying that an estimated 200,000 people could lose their citizenship, the majority of those of Haitian descent. The government maintains that only some 24,000 would be affected.
La Presse – Immigration: Obama rencontre des grévistes de la faim
Le président des États-Unis Barack Obama est allé vendredi à la rencontre de grévistes de la faim réclamant une réforme de l’immigration, à proximité du bâtiment du Congrès à Washington, a constaté un photographe de l’AFP. Accompagné de son épouse Michelle, M. Obama s’est rendu en convoi sur le «Mall», l’immense esplanade au centre de la capitale fédérale, à quelques centaines de mètres de la Maison-Blanche. […]Depuis le 12 novembre, installés sous une tente à quelques jets de pierre du Capitole, des militants des droits des immigrants ont entrepris une grève de la faim pour exiger de la Chambre des représentants qu’elle vote à son tour une réforme de l’immigration.
Radio-Canada – Un premier groupe de Tibétains apatrides arrive au Canada
Une dizaine de Tibétains qui vivaient sans citoyenneté en Inde sont arrivés à Toronto et Ottawa vendredi après-midi. Jusqu’à 1000 d’entre eux sont attendus au Canada dans les prochains mois. Ces réfugiés vivaient sans papier dans l’État du Arunachal Pradesh en Inde. Ils ont obtenu la permission de venir s’établir au Canada en 2010 après que le dalaï-lama en eut fait la demande au premier ministre Stephen Harper. Le président de l’organisme Project Tibet Society, Nima Dorjee, était à l’aéroport Pearson de Toronto pour les accueillir. […] Le gouvernement canadien prévoit accueillir des Tibétains apatrides réfugiés en Inde jusqu’en 2016 ou jusqu’à ce que la limite de 1000 individus soit atteinte.
