Durante la cumbre de líderes de América del Norte —conocida como Los Tres Amigos—, donde participaron los presidentes de Estados Unidos, México y Canada en la Casa Blanca estadounidense, hubo muchos saludos, abrazos y charlas, pero no cambios ni acuerdos sustanciales. Sobre todo, en uno de los temas principales: la migración.
En las reuniones entre el estadounidense Joe Biden, el mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador y el canadiense Justin Trudeau —y sus equipos— quedaron claros los temas por solucionar que los líderes de América del Norte comparten: la pandemia por el COVID-19 y las vacunas que se requiere que los países desarrollados donen; el bloque comercial que Biden impulsa para confrontar a China; el anhelado y complicado combate al cambio climático; y, principalmente, la idea de un acuerdo continental para regularizar la migración, que tantos problemas causa a los presidentes de México y Estados Unidos, y tanto dolor a las personas migrantes.… Seguir leyendo »
Alors que l’actualité récente montre l’installation durable des partis dits « populistes » dans le paysage politique en Europe et aux Etats-Unis, un pays semble résolument aller à contre-courant de cette tendance : le Canada.
A l’image du premier ministre Justin Trudeau élu en 2015, le pays cultive une image de tolérance et d’ouverture, notamment vis-à-vis de l’immigration, ce qui contraste avec les tensions observables dans les autres démocraties occidentales. Il est vrai que, proportionnellement à la taille de sa population, le Canada est l’un des pays du monde qui accueille le plus d’immigrés : 296 000 résidents permanents ont ainsi été acceptés en 2016, soit environ 1 % de la population du pays.… Seguir leyendo »
El lema “Canadá está de vuelta”, usado con frecuencia por Justin Trudeau, suena algo exagerado en cuanto al cobijo de ciudadanos extranjeros en dificultades. En 1980, durante el gobierno de Pierre Elliott Trudeau, padre del actual primer ministro, el 28 por ciento de los recién llegados al país eran refugiados: el doble de lo que se espera este año.
En 2017 Canadá ha recibido a miles de solicitantes de refugio procedentes de Estados Unidos. No han llegado por los puestos fronterizos, sino por caminos y veredas. Tres provincias han sido escenario de los cruces: Columbia Británica, Manitoba y Quebec; el 90 por ciento a través de la provincia francófona.… Seguir leyendo »
Until recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed immigrants and refugees, in stark contrast to the approach of President Trump. This contrast fits a pattern I describe in my research: Canada is frequently more willing to protect vulnerable migrants than its neighbor to the south. The distinction has become even more striking in the past year as Trump and Trudeau have taken opposite positions on a variety of migration issues.
While Trump made campaign promises to build a wall and ramp up deportations, Trudeau swept into office in late 2015 saying he would build on Canada’s already generous reputation for refugee resettlement.… Seguir leyendo »
Durante un discurso en Iowa la semana pasada, en medio de enérgicos pronunciamientos a favor de un muro fronterizo y la aplicación más estricta de las leyes migratorias, el presidente Donald Trump abogó por algo que, sin duda, es menos sanguinario: “Transformar en su totalidad el sistema migratorio para incluir un sistema basado en méritos”.
Esta es una de las pocas posturas congruentes que el mandatario ha expresado desde que asumió el cargo; se manifestó por una reforma similar en el discurso que pronunció en enero ante el congreso. Sin embargo, la verdadera sorpresa es que su fuente de inspiración sea Canadá.… Seguir leyendo »
Emigrar nunca es fácil, y cuando es el resultado no de una opción sino de una ausencia de opciones, es siempre una experiencia penosa, sólo compensada, y no para todos, por la desaparición de las circunstancias que forzaron la marcha. Pero si uno ha de emigrar y empezar de nuevo, puede que el mejor sitio para hacerlo sea el país de cuya creación hoy se cumplen ciento cincuenta años: Canadá.
Porque aunque sean muchos los países que presumen de tradición hospitalaria –cuando los inmigrantes pueblan las ramas más lejanas del árbol genealógico parecen molestar menos y se convierten incluso en motivo de jactancia– lo cierto es que en materia de acogida Canadá, una nación fraguada al calor de cuatro siglos de inmigración sin pausa, destaca por encima de todos.… Seguir leyendo »
I arrived in Canada from Syria 10 years ago as an international student, and like every young dreamer, I was excited about my goals: perfect my English, land a starter job, move up quickly and find the love of my life — all in this land where I didn’t know a soul.
I kept my focus razor sharp on the future and didn’t dwell on the cushy life I had left behind in Syria. By 23, I had held a high-paying managerial position at Syriatel, one of Syria’s largest tech companies, and was living it up with lifelong friends in the scenic seaside town of Latakia.… Seguir leyendo »
The great challenge of Canadian journalism in the age of Trump is resisting the temptation to cram all bilateral news into a flattering narrative that contrasts crazed, bigoted America with righteous, inclusive Canada.
Canadian papers have been brimming lately with sensationalistic stories of U.S. Muslim refugees “pouring” into Canada to escape President Trump and his “Muslim ban,” risking life and limb to cross unmanned portions of the border in weather icy enough to literally freeze off fingers. Things reached a social media peak when a maudlin photo of a jolly Mountie escorting a young family over the snowy 49th parallel went viral.… Seguir leyendo »
When Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister of Canada — with a majority Liberal government, no less — it marked the hopeful end of nearly a decade of Conservative rule. “Sunny ways,” Mr. Trudeau said in his acceptance speech. “This is what positive politics can do.”
His victory received fawning international coverage: The son of another popular prime minister, and conventionally good-looking, he managed to say all the right things about climate change and feminism. Remember when he achieved gender parity with his cabinet appointments? Swoon.
The stereotype, inside and outside of Canada, is that Canadians are so polite and accepting that nothing like the bitter populism of Donald J.… Seguir leyendo »
To a lot of commentators, Canada looks like a sanctuary for progressive thinking on immigration, an exception to the nativist wave sweeping the United States and Europe.
A recent cover of the Economist put a maple leaf crown on the Statue of Liberty and proclaimed Canada “an example to the world.” Famously, on election day, the Canadian immigration website crashed because of the number of Americans reportedly considering a move to their northern neighbor as Donald Trump won the presidency. Year after year, polls show that Canadians are, by far, more open and more optimistic about immigration than the citizens in any other Western country.… Seguir leyendo »
The term “Canadian values” is normally a harmless cliché — a reminder that the planet’s second largest country by land mass is a Boy Scout-like bastion of tolerance and fairness. This trope regained some of its luster with last fall’s election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who might as well be the country’s Boy Scout in chief.
“We’re Canadian, and we’re here to help,” the youthful 44-year-old said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly recently.
Were it up to Kellie Leitch, Canadian values would take a distinctly different turn. Ms. Leitch, a member of Parliament and one of seven registered candidates for leader of the Conservative Party, wants to screen immigrants for what she calls “anti-Canadian values.”… Seguir leyendo »
When I saw the photo of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying dead, facedown, on a Turkish beach last month, I felt an electrifying stillness.
At the same age as that toddler, I came to Canada as a Chinese refugee soon after Hong Kong fell to the Japanese in late December 1941. Thanks to the Red Cross, my family took two ships and a train and arrived in Canada in August 1942; the voyage took us through Mozambique, South Africa and Brazil before we arrived in New York harbor and, eventually, Ottawa.
My parents, my seven-year-old brother and I were nearly turned away at the dock when boarding in Hong Kong because someone noticed that we weren’t white and Canada at the time had a notorious restriction against Chinese immigration.… Seguir leyendo »
Canadians are rolling their eyes at the latest oddity to emerge from their confused, clogged immigration system: a white South African admitted as a refugee because he claimed he was being persecuted by black people.
His lawyer says the case sets a precedent, which it well might, although it's difficult to pin down exactly what it is. Brandon Huntley, a 31-year-old lawn sprinkler salesman who came to Canada on a work visa in 2006 and stayed illegally, told the Immigration and Refugee Board that he had been mugged and stabbed seven times by black people in his home country. He didn't report the attacks to the "untrustworthy" police.… Seguir leyendo »
For me and my family, Oct. 31 has always been significant. Not because it’s Halloween, but because that’s the day we arrived as refugees to a free part of the world.
Beginning in August 1972, thousands of Asian entrepreneurs fled the East African country of Uganda after its dictator, Idi Amin, declared us to be bloodsuckers, seized our property and gave us three months to leave or die.
My family and I had only Ugandan passports, so we couldn’t escape to Britain or India like many of our neighbors. We’d been in Africa for two generations; my father and his brothers owned a car dealership in Uganda’s capital, Kampala.… Seguir leyendo »
Inmigración, ciudadanía y autogobierno: Québec en perspectiva. Danielle Juteau (Profesora titular, Departamento de Sociología, Universidad de Montreal) con la colaboración de Francine Lemire (Asistente de investigación. Ha colaborado en la elaboración de este texto –cuyos límites asume la autora– a partir de comunicaciones y textos anteriores (2000, 2002) de Danielle Juteau y ha traducido algunos de sus pasajes. Prólogo de Ricard Zapata-Barrero (Profesor titular de Ciencia Política, Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Director del Grupo de Investigación en Inmigración e Innovación Política y referente académico del Programa Migraciones de la Fundación CIDOB): Multinacionalidad y la inmigración: premisas para un debate en España (CIDOB, JUN/05)
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