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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.
Toronto Star – Mississauga Family Deported to Libya Allowed to Return
The tortuous journey of the Benhmuda family is over. They can finally come home. The family learned Friday that Canadian immigration officials have decided to allow them back into Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. That ruling ends more than four years of exile, which began when the Mississauga family lost its bid for refugee status and was deported to Libya in 2008. The long battle included Benhmuda’s torture after deportation, and decisions from Canadian immigration officials slammed as biased by a Federal Court ruling last October.
Calgary Herald – Gael Garcia Bernal Heads to Sundance Film Festival to Share Tragic Border Story
The Mexican actor is a producer on the immigration documentary “Who Is Dayani Cristal?”, in which Bernal also appears on-screen to dramatize the path that the film’s subject took to the United States. Bernal and director Marc Silver sought to unravel the mystery of a body found rotting in the Arizona desert in August 2010. The man bore the tattoo “Dayani Cristal” across his chest. […] Bernal and Silver said the intent was to put a human face on one of the anonymous hundreds who have died in the Arizona desert seeking better lives in the United States.
L’aquilon – Retombées de Destination Canada : Dans la peau d’un nouvel arrivant
Louis Gaëtan est un nouveau citoyen de Yellowknife depuis plus d’un mois. Ce dernier est venu aux Territoires à la suite d’une rencontre à Destination Canada avec l’équipe du Conseil de développement économique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (CDÉTNO). Le CDÉTNO est bien préparé à l’arrivée d’un candidat de Destination Canada. Il lui offre du soutien dans sa recherche d’emploi en lui donnant des conseils sur le CV et la lettre de présentation ou encore sur les entrevues.
Radio-Canada – Immigration: Québec ne peut rien pour les dossiers du bureau de Buffalo
La ministre québécoise de l’Immigration, Diane de Courcy, affirme qu’elle n’avait pas les moyens d’aider les oubliés de Buffalo, ces quelque 10 000 immigrants à qui le Québec a remis un certificat de sélection, mais qui attendent depuis plusieurs mois leur statut de résident de la part du gouvernement fédéral. Le Consulat du Canada à Buffalo, qui traitait entre autres les dossiers des immigrants qui vivent déjà au Canada, a été fermé en mai dernier par le gouvernement fédéral. Ainsi, les dossiers des immigrants qu’il administrait ont dû été transférés à Ottawa et cela occasionne des délais importants.
Daily Business Buzz – PEI Needs to Turn Toward Immigration to Fill Skilled Worker Shortage: MacLauchlan
In his speech entitled Demographics and Destiny: A Challenge for P.E.I., MacLauchlan said the Island should follow the example of Manitoba, which developed its own immigration strategy. That province has been able to retain 85 per cent of its immigrants, which is much higher than the results attained by all other provinces. Manitoba figured out how to align its realities along with the skills of its current and immigrant workers with existing and potential opportunities within the local work market, in an effort to create sustainable jobs. P.E.I. should follow that lead, MacLauchlan said.
Toronto Star – Ottawa`s Immigration Backlog Wipeout Illegal, Lawyers Argue Before Federal Court
The Federal Court has been asked to strike down legislation passed by the Conservative government last year to wipe out immigration backlogs because it breaches the Charter of Rights and the rule of law. Lawyers representing 1,000 people affected by the move to toss out nearly 98,000 immigration applications allege that the Tory government had discriminated based on the national origins of the applicants. While Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has the power to set priorities and policies, he must apply the rules equally, consistently and fairly, argued lawyers for the litigants, some of whom had waited in the immigrant queue for as long as eight years.
