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Immigration News Headlines – October, 2015

Security prompted refugee audit: Harper
By Jake Carter, Rapid News Network, October 11, 2015

Toronto Star’s View: Harper shut Canada’s door during Syria’s agony
Our Windsor, October 11, 2015

Harper shut Canada’s door during Syria’s agony: Editorial
The Star, October 11, 2015

Canada’s refugee system offers help after lengthy process
By Jonathan Rumley, CBC News, October 10, 2015

Canada Immigration: Parents, grandparents prepare files now
By Majorie van Leijen, Emirates 24/7, October 10, 2015

Bureaucracy leaves immigrant baker, family out in cold
By Hugh Adami, Ottawa Citizen, October 10, 2015

Conservatives taking risky gamble on anti-refugee sentiment
Winnipeg Free Press, October 9, 2015

Zunera Ishaq – the woman who fought to overturn niqab ban – took citizenship oath wearing one
By Tristin Hopper, National Post, October 9, 2015

Conservatives ask RCMP to investigate Citizenship leak to media
By Alex Boutilier, Hamilton Spectator, October 9, 2015

New passport processing system suspended after glitches, security gaps revealed
By Kathleen Harris, CBC News, October 9, 2015

Short-pants PMO people shouldn’t be in the refugee business
By Don Martin, CTV News, October 9, 2015

Harper defends how refugees are processed
By Joe Friesen, The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2015

PMO reportedly discouraging acceptance of Sunni or Shia Muslims is ‘disgusting,’ Trudeau says
National Post, October 9, 2015

How many? From where? The immigration debate we’re not having
By Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen, October 9, 2015

Edmonton mother who alleges domestic abuse fears losing children, being deported
By Andrea Huncar, CBC News, October 9, 2015

Tories apply specific criteria for refugees
By Joe Friesen, The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2015

Citizenship nightmare: Red tape separates B.C. mom from tot
By Sheila Scott, CTV News, October 8, 2015

Canada PM’s office ordered delay on Syrian refugee claims processing
The Guardian, October 8, 2015

PMO sought political gain in prioritizing certain Syrian refugees: sources
CTV News, October 8, 2015

Sons of Russian spies battle for their birthright
By Nicholas Keung, The Hamilton Spectator, October 6, 2015

Wait times growing for new arrivals
By Lee Berthiaume, The Star Phoenix, October 7, 2015

Immigration a key solution for workforce challenges due to low unemployment
By Alex Goss, Guelph Mercury, October 7, 2015

World immigration in news
Immigration wave to EU could be organized by Russia – Czech Defense Minister
unian.info, October 12, 2015What Americans think should be done on illegal immigration
The Washington Post, October 11, 2015Germany risks wasting the benefits offered by refugees
By Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times, October 11, 2015

Tug-of-love mum fights Department of Immigration for visa
By Rachel Browne, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 11, 2015

Cubans risking their lives en route to US as thaw triggers immigration policy fears
By Richard Luscombe, The Guardian, October 10, 2015

Tough talk on immigration makes little economic sense
By Martin Sandbu, Financial Times, October 9, 2015

Australia, Philippines negotiating asylum seeker transfer deal
By Matt Siegel, Reuters, October 9, 2015

Germany’s warm welcome for migrants wearing thin
By Charlie D’Agata, CBS News, October 8, 2015

By Colin Woodard, The Washington Post, October 9, 2015

 

By Pierre Longeray, VICE News, October 9, 2015

 

Gulf Times, October 8, 2015

 

By Pablo Gordoni, Stars and Stripes, October 9, 2015

Canada 
On October 19, 2015, Canadian voters elected a new Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau. Liberal party will build a majority government, despite all expectations.

Canadian immigration in news
RCI Refuge Special – The history of our refugee system
Radio Canada International, October 19, 2015Who could be a cabinet minister in a Trudeau government?
By Michael Shulman, CTV News, October 19, 2015

Chris Alexander, controversial Conservative citizenship minister, loses Ontario seat
By Stewart Bell, National Post, October 19, 2015

Kenney recycles old policy announcements on Live-in Caregiver Program
By Ethel Tungohan, rabble.ca, October 19, 2015

I’m One of the 1.4 Million Canadian Citizens Who Can’t Vote
By Zoe Kevork, Huffington Post, October 18, 2015

Attack on TPP is attack on all trade
By Mark Warner, Toronto Sun, October 18, 2015

Biosecurity inspections at Canadian borders should be conducted by CFIA: Union
By Kelsey Johnson, iPolitics, October 16, 2015

Liberal candidate’s Russian-language flyers ‘scaremongering’ over citizenship reforms, Conservatives say
By Vjosa Isai, National Post, October 16, 2015

Syrian Refugee Crisis: Ottawa Still Slow To Act On Applications
Huffington Post, October 16, 2015