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Ottawa approved nearly half a million applications of Ukrainians under the CUAET
On January 13, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the number of Ukrainian newcomers arriving in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET). According to the latest update, between January 1, 2022, and January 8, 2023, 20,704 Ukrainians arrived in Canada by land, and an additional 121,191 reached by air. Between March 17, 2022, and January 10, 2023, IRCC received 777,671 applications under the CUAET. In total, IRCC approved 492,391 applications from Ukrainian nationals.
#Ukrainian_immigrants, #Ukrainian_refugees, #refugees, #CUAET, #Ukraine, #IRCC
Canadian cities experience a booming population growth
In the past two decades, Canada’s metropolitan areas underwent their most robust population growth ever, despite sluggish growth during the early days of the pandemic. During the year ending July 1, 2022, Canada’s metropolitan census areas (CMAs) experienced a robust 2.1% growth of approximately 574,000 people – the most prolific annual pace since 2001, when such data was first published. Urban regions experienced an unexpected resurgence in growth, growing by 0.5% year over year, with a significant contrast to rural areas. The effects of the pandemic and its border restrictions have been drastic for Canada as immigration dropped dramatically while many residents left urban centres for smaller towns.
#CMA, #population_growth, #Canadian_population, #census_2021
Ten Canadian DLIs had a record number of student dropouts leading to asylum requests
The Department of Immigration’s Integrity Risk Management Branch recently released a confidential report identifying the approved academic institutions, commonly referred to as Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs), which had the most no-shows, dropouts, and asylum requests. This list poses important questions about Canada’s rapidly burgeoning international education sector, which has seen schools in the country welcome hundreds of thousands of overseas students at tuition fees significantly higher than those for local students. According to the Canadian government, seven of the ten schools with a record high rate of non-compliance regarding international student attendance are located in Ontario and were private institutions. The other three universities are Laurentian University in Sudbury, Cape Breton University and University Sainte-Anne, located in Nova Scotia – all publicly funded institutions. These international students often applied for asylum rather than attending their registered courses as expected.
#International_students, #asylum_seekers, #refugee_students, #DLIs, #fraud, #immigration_fraud
Canada needs to ease international student pathways to permanent residence
A new study, “From Student to Immigrant? Multi-step Pathways to Permanent Residence,” has revealed that too many international students in Canada face convoluted paths toward permanent residency. According to the Conference Board of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should develop better routes for international students seeking permanent resident status in Canada. The Conference Board declared that Canada “lacks a purpose-built federal economic immigration program for international students” and should establish specific immigration pathways for international students, guaranteeing quicker and more predictable permanent residency routes.
#International_students, #PR, #Immigration_to_Canada, #IRCC