According to the Canadian ministry of immigration, in 2010, 37 % immigrants arrived at the Quebec came from Africa of which more half of the Maghreb. According to the minister of Quebec of immigration, Mrs Kathleen Weil, who is based on studies of the economic Institute of the Quebec, there is no more reduction of the population from 2031 because of mini-baby boom of last years. They are there, main having reasons it seems motivated a reorientation of the government policy in immigration.

Among 7 objectives of this politics, the government wants “to readjust progressively the proportion which represents each of the main pools so that in 2015 this proportion is limited to a 30 % maximum for each of these basins” and aims “at a relating stabilisation of the volume of admission so that in 2015, the annual average of admission settles in 50 000 persons” against 55 000 admission, annual objective for the period which ends. The government will go to search this reduction in the basin Africa and particularly in its North part. It is indeed the only basin to exceed the threshold maximum of 30 %. Simple calculation: of 37 % on 50 000 or 20 350, they will pass to a 30 % maximum on 50 000 or 15 000 candidates chosen since the biggest French-speaking region in the world. Let’s forget that this politics aims however “at supporting majority persons’ proportion knowing French” to note that impact on basin Africa will materialise by a fall of 5 350 persons is the equivalent of the aimed complete reduction. The number of Maghrebi accepted will pass 10 000 about to a maximum of 7 500, every year, and can be in less if the flexible notion of geographical basin applied to the region of the Maghreb.
Is it necessary to be outraged that a government decides on new departures – should they be limitative – of his politics of immigration? I don’t believe it. However, what I think least inappropriate, it is fact to link, in these changes, the question of difficulties of professional integration which know the immigrants native to the Maghreb. By maintaining that with the fall among chosen Maghrebi candidates, they will think better about the means to allow those who already are there to be inserted in labour market, it is possible to reinforce some among the employers who refuse to engage Algerians, Moroccans or Tunisians. They send the message according to which they understood that there was a problem with this category of immigrants. This way of making can reinforce xenophobia towards the Arabs and the Muslims. What isn’t the objective aimed by the government. She also reinforces those among the immigrants who pretend that the Quebec is racist. So, of one quoted, some people will continue saying – to preach – that if the Maghrebi have so much difficulties in being of job in the Quebec, it isn’t so amazing as this since it is also case everywhere in Occident. They will hear and they will read that the North African immigrants have to be taken only to themselves and to their inability to fit to stocks of the society of reception.” They would also have a tendency to refuse jobs which aren’t as high as their skills”. Of other one quoted by the supporters of this intolerant speech, another also reducing speech and loan of prejudices deducing will be seen that the employers natives of Quebec categorise the immigrants almost systematically and that the population of Quebec is predominantly xenophobe. Besides the timing of the last events isn’t likely to favour serenity since the minister Weil announced new departures some months after thousands of Tunisian and Algerian candidates had learnt that the government of Quebec had decided to suspend the meetings of selection because of context of Tunisian revolution. Already subjected to the procedure of the strictest selection and to the delays of long-lived waiting, these candidates see perspective to receive the famous sesame – certificate of selection – to move away more. But, what is he of the reality of the integration of immigration in the Quebec?