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.
Le Devoir — Des Haïtiens terrifiés par l’ICE aux États-Unis prennent la route pour le Canada
Le nombre de passages illégaux à la frontière pourrait augmenter avec la fin du programme de protection temporaire. Depuis le jour de Noël, au moins 27 migrants d’origine haïtienne ont été arrêtés au Québec après avoir traversé la frontière à pied, tentant d’échapper aux gardes-frontières. Plusieurs d’entre eux ont dû être hospitalisés, car ils présentaient des signes d’hypothermie et d’engelures après avoir effectué le périple par grand froid. Certains d’entre eux ont déjà été renvoyés vers les services douaniers américains, selon l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada.
Government of Canada — Canada exceeded its Francophone immigration target for 2025
As part of the 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan, we will continue to increase our targets for French‑speaking permanent residents outside Quebec. Starting in 2026, the Government of Canada will reserve 5,000 federal selection spaces to allow provinces and territories to designate French-speaking immigrants. These spaces will be in addition to the annual Provincial Nominee Program allocations and will help reduce the shortage of Francophone and bilingual workers by attracting top global talent.
Gouvernement du Canada — Le Canada dépasse son objectif d’immigration francophone en 2025
Aujourd’hui, l’honorable Lena Metlege Diab, ministre de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté, a annoncé que le gouvernement du Canada a, pour la quatrième année consécutive, dépassé sa cible ambitieuse en matière d’immigration francophone pour l’année 2025, atteignant environ 8,9 % d’admissions de résidents permanents et résidentes permanentes d’expression française hors Québec. Cet accomplissement reflète le succès des mesures mises en place par Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada et est le fruit d’une collaboration étroite avec les provinces, les territoires ainsi que les représentants communautaires.
CBC News — Palestinian students accepted into Canadian universities remain ‘trapped’ in Gaza by visa delays
Biometrics — fingerprints and photographs required for Canadian visas — can only be collected outside Gaza, typically in Egypt or the West Bank. Before the war, Palestinians regularly travelled through the Rafah crossing to complete the process in Egypt. But that route has remained closed for months, despite ongoing rumours that it may reopen. According to PSSAR, more than 130 Palestinian students with acceptances into Canadian universities have been waiting up to 19 months to enter the country. About 30 of them are currently outside Gaza, while the remaining 100 or so are still inside the territory.
CBC News — Trump ends temporary protected status for Somalis living in U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in the United States, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X on Tuesday, requiring them to leave by March 17. “Somali migrants with TPS will be required to leave the country by March 17,” Leavitt wrote on X, quoting a Fox News article that first broke the story. Trump in November said he was immediately terminating temporary deportation protections for Somalis living in Minnesota, accelerating the end of a program that began in 1991 under former Republican president George H.W. Bush.
CBC News — 2.1M temporary residents will have expired or expiring permits this year. But will they leave Canada?
According to the data shared by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), 1.49 million temporary residents had their permits expire last year. Another 1.4 million will expire this year, for a total of 2.9 million over two years. These do not include study permit or study permit extension holders. Of those 1.4 million expiring this year, 55 per cent are due to expire by June alone. IRCC says 395,000 spots were available for PR last year and another 380,000 this year. While some of those 2.9 million will get PR status, at least 2.1 million people will still be left with expired or expiring visas.
