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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.
Radio Canada – Plan d’immigration 2014 : plus d’argent pour la francisation
Le gouvernement du Québec est prêt à recevoir entre 49 500 et 52 500 personnes immigrantes en 2014 et entre 48 500 et 51 500 en 2015. C’est ce qu’a révélé jeudi Diane De Courcy, ministre de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles, après le dépôt de son Plan d’immigration pour 2014. Mme De Courcy a tenu à rappeler que ce plan « s’inscrit dans la planification pluriannuelle 2012-2015 établie par le gouvernement précédent ». Il visait une stabilisation progressive des niveaux d’immigration avec une cible de 50 000 admissions à la fin de la période 2012-2015, mais, dans les faits, « la cible fixée pour 2012 a été dépassée avec plus de 55 000 immigrants et les volumes sont jusqu’à maintenant demeurés élevés », a indiqué la ministre.
CJAD News – Quebec to Accept Fewer Immigrants from Africa
Quebec plans to lower its immigration levels next year, including a deep decrease in the numbers accepted from Africa. At the same time, minister Diane DeCourcy says the proposed Charter of Values is having no impact on the number of applicants, or the number of those choosing to come. […] Also, slightly fewer people from Asia and the Americas will receive certificates, but the number given out to Europeans will go up by two thousand. Under the plan, Africa will still bring in the highest proportion of immigrants, at 30 percent. While Europe’s, at 20 percent, will be the lowest.
Huffington Post – [U.S.] Immigration Reform: An Issue We Can All Support
Earlier this month, thousands gathered on the National Mall to show Congress they had not gone away and would not be deterred in their quest for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. […] Immigration is clearly a racial justice issue. In the past 20 years, the great majority of immigrants are people of color. According to 2010 census data, less than 2 percent of unauthorized immigrants are from Europe or Canada, while 87 percent are from Latin America, 3 percent from Africa and 7 percent from Asia. Now that the racial composition of immigrants has changed, a number of draconian restrictions on immigrants’ rights have been enacted, making it impossible for this generation of immigrants to become “legal.” This is one of the dishonorable, hidden secrets of why 11 million people of color are undocumented and without access to citizenship. Moreover, this history of keeping people of color without access to citizenship is certainly a history that should resonate with African-Americans.
Journal Pioneer – National Francophone Immigration Week to be Celebrated on P.E.I.
An initiative of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA), this week-long celebration aims to promote Francophone immigration and diversity in Canada’s Francophone and Acadian communities. The initiative was launched last year in Atlantic Canada with Francophone Immigration Week in the Atlantic Region. This year, thanks to an initiative of the Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA), each Atlantic province nominated a Champion of Francophone Immigration for the duration of the National Francophone Immigration Week.
CMAJ – Life on Fringe Bad for Immigrants’ Health, Finds Report
Many newcomers to Canada also face alarming health risks due to poor working conditions and high levels of poverty, according to a report from the Wellesley Institute, a nonprofit research and policy organization based in Toronto, Ontario. […] The findings run contrary to the oft-reported healthy immigrant effect, which posits that newcomers are typically healthier during their first years in Canada than the general population, says study author Diane Dyson, director of research and public policy at WoodGreen Community Services in Toronto. […] Seventy percent of those surveyed reported working in poor conditions, for example, in jobs that violate health and safety or employment standards. More than a third had experienced bullying or harassment at work in the previous six months. Seventy-one percent of respondents earned less than $30 000 a year. Sixty-two percent had trouble covering monthly expenses. And just 3% of immigrants who were professionals in their home countries worked in the field for which they were trained.
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada – Communiqué — Réduction draconienne de l’arriéré et réunification des familles
Le ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration du Canada, Chris Alexander, s’est engagé aujourd’hui à prendre des mesures vigoureuses pour réunir un plus grand nombre de familles en 2014. Il a également annoncé que d’ici la fin de 2013, l’arriéré des demandes présentées dans le cadre du Programme des parents et grands-parents (PGP) serait réduit de près de la moitié de ce qu’il était il y a tout juste deux ans. […]Le Canada est également en bonne voie de surpasser son engagement d’admettre au pays 50 000 parents et grands‑parents en deux ans (2012 et 2013) et prévoit en accueillir 20 000 de plus en 2014. L’admission de 20 000 parents et grands‑parents supplémentaires en 2014 fait partie du Plan annuel des niveaux présenté hier au Parlement par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.
