Media Roundup

La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.


CBC News — Palestinian activist arrested by ICE while expecting U.S. citizenship interview

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said. Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vt., by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mohsen-mahdawi-arrested-1.7510325

CTV News — Canada likely the ‘only option left’ for asylum seekers from U.S.

A spokesperson for a Montreal-based group that helps undocumented migrants says the threat of U.S. administration policies could be the reason why a Quebec border crossing has seen an increase in the number of people seeking asylum. According to Canada Border Services Agency data, the number of asylum claims at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing has increased since the beginning of the year – 1,356 applications in March and 557 claims for the first week of April.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/us-administration-policies-reason-for-rise-in-asylum-seekers-at-quebec-border-crossing-advocate-says/

The Globe and Mail — Asylum seekers turned away at Canadian border largely face detention, U.S. border agency says

Asylum seekers rebuffed at the Canadian border and returned to the United States are increasingly being detained there, a shift in policy that critics say calls into question the Safe Third Country Agreement, a long-standing bilateral treaty premised on both countries being safe for refugee claimants. In a statement to The Globe and Mail, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that it is now the organization’s policy to place asylum seekers and migrants redirected from Canada into custody and transfer them to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility for removal from the country. Asylum claimants and migrants handed over by Canadian border officials will now be detained except on “rare occurrences where it may not be feasible to transfer the subjects to an ICE facility,” CBP spokesperson Steven Bansbach said in the statement.

Toronto Star — Asylum claims surge at this border crossing into Canada, as Donald Trump’s crackdown forces officials to prep for possible U.S. migrant influx

The Canadian border agency says it has contingency plans in place to respond to a potential new wave of refugee claimants from the U.S., after a recent spike of migrants seeking asylum at an official land port of entry in Quebec. While it’s too early to say if the number will keep growing, the Canadian Border Services Agency said Canada is prepared as the Trump administration ramps up removal of temporary migrants from the U.S. Although Quebec has processed 5,287 asylum applications this year — a 53 per cent decline from the 11,154 filed by the same date in 2024 — the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle port of entry has reported a significant rise in claims in recent days.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/asylum-claims-surge-at-this-border-crossing-into-canada-as-donald-trumps-crackdown-forces-officials/article_fa127fba-e89e-4f61-8ee0-2f9b7a8abcb1.html

 

Radio-Canada — L’ex-rectrice critique la mauvaise gestion de l’UQAC et le fiasco des étudiants étrangers

Quatre ans après son départ du rectorat de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Nicole Bouchard sort de son mutisme. L’ex-rectrice a été choquée par les révélations de Radio-Canada concernant les réseaux criminels qui ont orchestré la venue d’étudiants africains à l’UQAC. Elle dénonce le laxisme et la mauvaise gestion de l’administration actuelle qui a laissé le champ libre à des organisations malveillantes et plombé les finances de l’établissement. Mme Bouchard accuse la direction de manquer d’imputabilité.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2155898/nicole-bouchard-sortie-uqac-etudiants-etrangers

Le Devoir — La TELUQ a manœuvré pour que des étudiants obtiennent des millions en bourses en trop

Dans une manœuvre qui a coûté des dizaines de millions de dollars au gouvernement du Québec, la TELUQ a fait passer des réfugiés syriens inscrits à des cours de langue pour des étudiants au baccalauréat afin qu’ils obtiennent des prêts et des bourses auxquels ils n’avaient pourtant pas droit. Dans la foulée de cette affaire, l’ex-directeur général de la TELUQ, Martin Noël, a été suspendu en juillet 2018 par l’ex-ministre libérale Hélène David. M. Noël a ensuite été réhabilité en 2019 et dédommagé à hauteur de 260 000 $ par l’Université du Québec — le réseau dont fait partie la TELUQ — en vertu d’une entente confidentielle.

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/866461/teluq-manoeuvre-etudiants-obtiennent-millions-bourses-trop