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Canada has opened applications for the second phase of a pilot program to help refugees qualify for permanent residence through economic immigration streams. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is aiming to welcome 500 candidates and their families in the new phase of the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP). It provides special assistance for refugees
Canada welcomed the first group of privately-sponsored Afghan refugees on Thursday, with a plane carrying 250 people landing at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. The group arrives under Canada’s world-renowned Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program, which sees Canadians or organizations such as faith groups and cultural associations support their arrival in host communities. “In the coming days,
Ottawa needs to open Canada’s land border with the United States to fully-vaccinated refugees, says an association of refugee lawyers. “It’s been over 19 months since the COVID pandemic began,” the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) tweeted on Thursday. “We are now permitted to eat indoor at restaurants, kids are in schools and even
Organizations in Quebec will once again be allowed to sponsor refugees over a roughly one-month period starting Jan. 18 and running through to Feb. 16, says Nadine Girault, the francophone province’s minister responsible for the Ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI). In November, 2020, the Gazette officielle du Québec published a
Ottawa is doubling the number of Afghan refugees it will accept from that war-torn country, says Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino. “At the (United Nations), Canada announced we will double our humanitarian resettlement commitment from 20,000 to 40,000 Afghan refugees,” tweeted Mendicino. “Through our efforts, we will offer a new home for Afghan refugees while upholding
The immigration section of a national association representing lawyers, judges, notaries and law teachers and students throughout Canada is urging Ottawa to speed up the processing of applications for immigration. “The pandemic has caused major disruptions in processing immigration applications,” wrote Mark Holthe, chair of the immigration law section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly-re-elected Liberal government is eyeing a loosening of restrictions for those applying for refugee status, documents obtained by the Sun News Network reportedly reveal. “No longer will claimants need to prove, for instance, that they face torture or death if forced to return to their home countries. Nor will they have
Ottawa is opening its arms to welcome up to 5,000 Afghan refugees evacuated by the United States under a deal to get Canadians and Canada’s allies in Afghanistan out of the war-torn country. “These refugees will be accepted as part of Canada’s recently-announced program for some 20,000 refugees, which include persecuted Afghan minorities, women human
Canada has offered refugee status to Afghani interpreters who worked with the Canadian Armed Forces and also cooks, drivers, cleaners, construction workers, security guards and other staff who worked at the Canada Embassy in Afghanistan and their family members. “Canada has a responsibility to protect the brave people in Afghanistan who have helped us carry
Canada’s settlement services for immigrants got high marks in the first-ever Settlement Outcomes Highlights Report released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. “Settlement services play a fundamental role in our immigration system. They’re the key ingredient of a newcomer’s success in Canada, whether it’s help getting a job, finding a place to live or learning
