Immigration News Headlines – February, 2016

Sync or swim is the challenge for feds and Atlantic premiers
By Dan Leger, Herald Opinions, February 22, 2016

Business groups fear refugees and immigrant families will crowd out spaces for foreign workers in Canada
By Lee Berthiaume, National Post, February 21, 2015

Stop detaining migrants without cause
By Michaela Beder & Rachel Kronick, The Star, February 21, 2016

Alberta government cracks down on alleged can caper with $844,000 fine
By Darcy Henton, Calgary Sun, February 20, 2016

Canada Alert: Quebec’s last chance for you this summer
By Shuchita Kapur, Emirates 24/7, February 21, 2016

‘Discrimination’ in Canadian visitor visa system, says immigration lawyer David Matas
By Omayra Issa, CBC News, February 20, 2016

Canadians’ views on refugees matter
Toronto Sun Editorial, February 19, 2016

Temporary foreign worker program review to be launched by Liberals
By Susana Mass, CBC News, February 18, 2016

Polish couple say temporary visas revoked without warning, forced back to Europe
CBC News, February 19, 2016

Canada’s dangerous double-standard on Syrian refugees
By Cameron Gattinger, iPolitics.ca, February 18, 2016

Gates to prosperity
By Lori Wilkinson, Winnipeg Free Press, February 19, 2016

McCallum: Terrorists’ citizenship will not be revoked, immigration to become easier
CIJ News, February 19, 2016

Sask. man yearns for family to visit Canada
By Omayra Issa, CBC News, February 19, 2016

Abbotsford Community Services starts operation in Chandigarh
By Vinay Sharma, The Economic Times, February 19, 2016

17 years on, nanny still fighting to bring family to Canada
By Nicholas Keung, Our Windsor, February 18, 2016

A criminal in Germany and Japan, a “refugee” in Montreal
By Victor Laszlo, The Rebel, February 18, 2016

Refugee health care will be fully restored April 1, feds say
By Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News, February 18, 2016

A look at Canada’s health care program for refugees, by the numbers
Herald News,  February 18, 2016

Syrian teen to stay in Canada after deportation order cancelled
CBC News, February 18, 2016

Changes coming soon to Citizenship Act, John McCallum says
By Katharinne Starr, CBC News, February 18, 2016

Ottawa lifts deportation order for Syrian teen detained for three weeks
By Michelle Zillo, The Globe and Mail, February 18, 2016

Canada tightens entry rules; formerly visa-exempt foreigners to fill in online travel authorisation
Straits Times, February 18, 2016

Kingston man admits to using false identity in refugee application
By Sue Yanagisawa, Kingston Whig Standard, February 17, 2016

World immigration in news

The risk Switzerland runs with referendums Financial Times, February 22, 2016Germany condemns ‘deeply shameful’ protests against migrants BBC News, February 22, 2016German right-wing party pulls ahead of Merkel in regional election poll By Allan Hall, Express (UK), February 23, 2016 Larry Williams: Peter Dunne’s flawed ‘clean slate’ proposal NZ Herald, February 23, 2016 Salvation Army tells asylum seeker he will ‘never live in Australia’ The Sydney Morning Herald, February 23, 2016 Previous wave of refugees casts a wary eye on the next Deutsche Welle, February 22, 2016 U.S. Special Forces Take On Street Violence That Drives Illegal Immigration By Michael M. Phillips, The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2016 Nation of Islam leader supports Trump on Muslim immigration ban workpermit.com, February 21, 2016 The Latest: German Lawmakers Urge Daily Quotas for Refugees ABC News, February 21, 2016 Families to challenge minimum income visa rules in supreme court By Jessica Elgot, The Guardian, February 22, 2016 Migrant crisis: Is the era of a ‘borderless Europe’ over? By James Glenday, ABC News, February 20, 2016 Trump 1 – Pope 0 : Francis backs down over ‘not Christian’ claim Daily Mail, February 19, 2016 The Latest: Austria defends its decision to cap refugees Reuters Canada, February 19, 2016 Peter Dutton defends Australia’s refugee intake speed after comparison with Canada By Jared Owens, The Australian, February 18, 2016 Marco Rubio flip-flops on immigration: The GOP’s most “electable” candidate just got even more extreme Salon.com, February 19, 2016 Can the Welfare State Survive the Refugee Crisis? By Heather Horn, The Atlantic, February 18, 2016 Swiss to vote on law to deport foreigners who commit crimes Straits Times, February 18, 2016 The Cuban Immigration Exception By J. Weston Phippen, The Atlantic, February 18, 2016

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