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Ottawa introduced a program delivery update for refugee claimants and persons under an unenforceable removal order

On August 19, 2021, the Government of Canada introduced new instructions for applicants with no other means of support and humanitarian reasons. According to the update, the Government modernized the page about work permits for refugee claimants and International Mobility Program. In addition, special guidance on fees, medical exams, and work permit duration for applicants with humanitarian reasons, especially destitute students and temporary resident permit holders have been added to the policy. Every year, Canada issues work permits under section 206 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to foreign nationals who are not able to support themselves without working. #Refugees, #IMP, #international_mobility_program https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2021-no-support-humanitarian-reasons.html

August 20, 2021

The Conservative Party of Canada introduced Canada’s recovery plan

Canada’s Conservative Party introduced a detailed plan to secure the country’s recovery from the pandemic. The plan also illustrates how the party is going to strengthen the immigration system. Canada’s Conservatives want to implement important solutions to the key challenges of Canada’s immigration system by welcoming the best and brightest from around the world to fill critical gaps and robustly grow the economy and offering refuge to heroic human rights defenders who would enrich the country’s national life. The party also promised to ‘fix’ the visitor visa system, strengthen Canadian families and unite them with their loved ones and expand the super visa program for up to five years. #Conservatives, #Conservative_Party, #Canadas_recovery_plan https://www.conservative.ca/plan/

August 19, 2021

Canada evacuated more than 800 Afghans

On August 16, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed the number of refugees Canada has helped to flee Afghanistan. According to Prime Minister, the Government of Canada has evacuated 807 Afghans under the program announced last month to resettle the families of Afghan interpreters and other support staff who worked with the Canadian Armed Forces and the diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. More than 500 Afghan people, as well as 34 Canadian diplomats and Canadian Armed Forces personnel, have already arrived in Canada. #Afghanistan, #Afghans, #refugees https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Canada+Evacuated+More+Than+800+Afghans&qpvt=canada+evacuated+more+than+800+afghans&FORM=EWRE

August 18, 2021

The federal court fined IRCC for unresponsive bureaucracy

Canada’s Federal court fined Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) as the latter kept the application of a Saudi Arabian family for over 57 months. The family submitted their application in January 2016 and made 34 requests to IRCC for an update on the file between May 2017 and April 2021. In February 2020, the family brought their case to a federal court to urge IRCC to expedite the processing of their application. The court agreed that the 57-months wait in the queue was unreasonable and ordered IRCC to render a decision in 30 days and to pay the family $1,500 in costs. #IRCC, #Federal_court    

August 18, 2021