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Immigration News Headlines – February, 2017

Immigration News Headlines

IRCC Notice
Notice – Special Measures for Foreign Nationals Affected by the U.S. Executive Order: “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”
January 30, 2017

Operational Bulletin
Temporary public policy in response to the Executive Order of the United States of America
OB 636, February 1, 2017

Program delivery updates
Update to the instructions on exemptions to the 12- or 36-month pre-removal risk assessment bar
February 3, 2017
Update to guidance on humanitarian and compassionate consideration
February 3, 2017
Update to instructions on the Transit Without Visa Program and the China Transit Program
February 1, 2017

Mnisterial instructions – Express entry draw # 51
January 25, 2017 – 3,508  ITA – rank 453 points

Canadian immigration in news
As Trump Tightens Immigration, Canada Courts Talented U.S. Tech Workers
Fortune, February 5, 2017
Canada ‘leading the free world’ on immigration: New York Times
CTV News, February 5, 2017
Canada is a progressive immigration policy dream – unless you have a disability
The Record, February 5, 2017
Anti-immigrant politics spark racist violence
24 hour, February 5, 2017
Kevin O’Leary proposes ‘fast-track’ to citizenship for skilled immigrants
CTV News, February 4, 2017
Minnesota becomes a gateway to Canada for rejected African migrants
Star Tribune, February 4, 2017
Nova Scotia boasts of immigration jump, but province still short of goals
Radio-Canada, February 4, 2017
Canada choosing ‘the opposite approach’ on refugees and immigration: Hussen
Radio-Canada, February 4, 2017
Jobs in Canada coming for Antiguans and Barbudans
The Daily Observer, February 4, 2017
U.S. revokes all Nexus cards from Canadian permanent residents with citizenship in restricted countries: CBSA
Radio-Canada, February 3, 2017
MALCOLM: Terrorists are trying to sneak into Canada
Canoe News, February 3, 2017
Alberta’s population will only get more diverse as immigration fuels population growth, Stats Can reports
Edmonton Journal, February 3, 2017
Terror at our door: Hundreds of spies, radicals tried to enter Canada in 2016
Toronto Sun, February 2, 2017
Canada’s New Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program a Fresh Opportunity
CIC News, Canada Immigration Newsletter, February 1, 2017
No change to refugee policy, Canada’s immigration minister says
CTV News, January 31, 2017

World immigration in news
Justice Department Asks Appeals Court to Restore Trump Immigration Order
The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2017
Who is 84 Lumber, and Why the Radical Immigration Stance?
Triple Pundit, February 5, 2017
‘Like a ghetto’: Leipzig condo fences itself off from refugee center
RT, February 5, 2017
Australian foreign minister says U.S. refugee swap proceeding
Yahoo News, February 4, 2017
Protests across the world over Trump’s immigration ban
MSN, February 4, 2017
THE AWKWARD ATTEMPT TO FIND COMEDY IN THE REFUGEE CRISIS
The New Yorker, February 4, 2017
UN struggles to rebuild Palestinian refugee camp
Aljazeera, February 4, 2017
Greeks protest refugee deaths in Lesbos
Press TV, February 4, 2017
Where refugees to the U.S. come from
Pew Research Center, February 3, 2017
Brexiters face rude awakening on immigration, says ex-minister
The Guardian, February 3, 2017
Argentina sees migration ban and border wall proposals in immigration row
The Guardian, February 3, 2017
Families separated, students stranded: The impact of Trump’s immigration ban
Radio-Canada, February 1, 2017
Program delivery updates
Update to the place of application for inland applications for permanent residence and temporary resident status extension
February 13, 2017

Update to the instructions on manually processing electronic travel authorization applications
February 13, 2017
Update to study permit instructions related to working on campus
February 10, 2017
Clarification to the French instructions on processing applications for permanent residence from protected persons
February 7, 2017

Mnisterial instructions – Express entry draw # 51
February 8, 2017 – 3,664  ITA – rank 447 points

Canadian immigration in news
Canada and Racism
By Helena Martin, The McGill International Review, February 13, 2017
Desperate Immigrants Risk Perilous Winter Trek to Canada
NBC News, February 13, 2017
Canada’s Trudeau opens talks with Trump aiming to boost trade
By Andrea Hopkins, Reuters, February 13, 2017
Axing Canada-U.S. refugee agreement would open floodgates
By Guidy Mamann, Toronto Sun, February 13, 2017
The Trudeau era ushers in a kinder, gentler immigration department
By Ron Poulton, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, February 13, 2017
Proposed legislation would heighten powers of U.S. border guards in Canada

By Terry Haig, RCI Net, February 13, 2017

Canadian citizenship applications decline after processing fees triple

Kathleen Harris, CBC News, February 13, 2017
Family Day? The capital’s not big on families
By Jack Knox, Times Colonist, February 11, 2017
B.C. feels impact of proposed U.S. travel ban as refugees cross over, often illegally
By Sean Boynton, Global News, February 13, 2017

‘This is the only way to be safe’: Former refugees react to influx of asylum seekers in Emerson, Manitoba

By Zahra Premji, Global News, February 12, 2017

By Surjit Singh Flora, Toronto Sun, February 12, 2017

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