On September 3, 2021, Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC), and Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement providing statistical numbers about Afghan refugees.
‘Canada evacuated over 3,700 people from Afghanistan.
More than 3,000 evacuees have now arrived in Canada, which includes more than 900 passengers who arrived on four flights since Sunday, August 29’.
The Minister also clarified that there are 470 Canadian citizens as well as about 260 permanent residents and their 500 family members who currently remain in Afghanistan. Afghan evacuees were resettled in 20 communities in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
#Afghanistan, #refugees, #Afghans, #Taliban
https://www.vaughantoday.ca/afghan-refugees-arrive-in-sherbrooke-on-september-7/
September 7, 2021
On September 3, 2021, the Government of Canada updated processing instructions for Afghan nationals.
Besides family class applications, protected persons in Canada and their dependents overseas as well as dependents of resettled Afghan refugees.
Applications of the Temporary Public Policy for Afghan nationals in Canada and outside Canada (effective from August 25, 2021, to February 28th, 2022) will also benefit from priority processing given the quickly evolving situation.
Permanent residence (PR) applications of protected persons and Afghan citizens where the family members are currently residing outside of Canada will be prioritized.
#Afghanistan, #refugees, #Afghans, #PR
September 7, 2021
Canada reopened borders for fully vaccinated international travelers
On September 7, 2021, Canada reopened state borders for international travelers arriving in Canada by air.
All international travelers still have to meet specific entry requirements and had received the full dose of one of the four vaccines approved by Health Canada at least 14 days prior to entering Canada.
All travelers have to submit their travel information on ArriveCAN.
Although these fully vaccinated travelers are not required to quarantine upon arrival to Canada, they still must provide a quarantine plan.
In order to be granted entry to Canada, foreign nationals must possess a valid temporary resident visa (TRV) or electronic travel authorization (eTA) if they are from the visa-exempt country.
#Travel_restrictions, #Borders, #international_travellers, #Covid_19, #Vaccination, #ArriveCan, #TRV, #eTA
September 7, 2021
Immigrants who face immigration processing delays to bring their spouses to Canada held a protest outside the IRCC office in Toronto demanding IRCC to process their applications in a short period of time to join their spouses.
Most immigrants were frustrated about not getting a response from IRCC demanding to speed up spousal sponsorship and to prioritize family sponsorship.
Many protesters expressed their desire to reunite the families since they were experiencing mental health issues after being were separated from their family members for a long time.
#IRCC, #protest, #spousal_sponsorship, #family_sponsorship, #Family_reunion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/protesters-immigration-minister-office-1.5637957
September 3, 2021
