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Immigration News Headlines – February, 2016

Program delivery updates
 

Update to instructions related to interpreters and accompanying persons for the citizenship program
International Mobility Program: Employer compliance

Express entry – Ministerial instructions – 2016
 

Date Score Number
24 06-01-2016 461 1463
25 13-01-2016 453 1518
26 27-01-2016 457 1468
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Canadian immigration in news
CBSA missed failed refugee claimants removal target by 29 per cent in 2014-15: performance report
By Amanda Connolly & BJ Siekerski, iPolitics.ca, February 2, 2016Where do B.C.’s immigrants come from? Finally I can report…
The Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2016

Liberal MPs put heat on McCallum to address immigration processing ‘mess,’ say lengthy delays ‘unacceptable’
By Abbas Rana, Hill Times Online, February 1, 2016American citizen living in N.S. told to leave Canada over $5 fee
CTV News, February 1, 2016Former immigration detainee struggles with freedom after 67 months behind bars
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, February 1, 2016Charges laid in Regina immigration fraud case
News Release, news.gc.ca, February 1, 2016

Two people charged in Regina immigration fraud case
By Alexa Huffman, Global News, February 1, 2016Former Humber instructor caught in immigration email snafu
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, February 1, 2016Small business owners hope Syrian refugees can fill some long vacant positions
By Dan Kelly, Financial Post, February 1, 2016

Permanent residents to B.C. from China drops by half
By Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2016

“Out of our shelters! Out of our lives!”
By Andrea Mihai & Olivia Adamczyk, The Medium, February 1, 2016

Canada’s warm welcome
By Kathy Burnka, Canadian Chargé d’Affaires in Slovakia, Slovak Spectator, February 1, 2016

Red tape for travellers
By Lynn Curwin, Truro Daily News, January 31, 2016

Immigrant family ‘hopeless’ over potential deportation
By Kevin King, Winnipeg Sun, January 30, 2016

Tories didn’t cherry-pick religious minority refugees, ex-minister says
By Stephanie Levitz, Hamilton Spectator, January 29, 2016

Langley farm worker seeks $20,000 in outstanding wages
By Larry Pynn, Langley Advance, January 30, 2016

Not recognizing credentials costs billions: report
By Lynn Desjardins, Radio International Canada, January 29, 2016

Indo-Canadian Man Born In Canada To Indian Government Officials Declared Stateless
LINK, January 30, 2016

Refugees motivated but needs higher than thought: report
By Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator, January 29, 2016

Liberals say no to idea for private groups to house government assisted refugees
iPolitics.ca, January 29, 2016

Support growing to make Victoria a sanctuary city
By Kendra Wong, Victoria News, January 29, 2016

Dominique Anglade talks digital strategy, Plan Nord and integration
CBC News, January 29, 2016

Recent immigrants bring foreign pensions but worry how to build retirement security in Canada
By Andrew Allentuck, Financial Post, January 29, 2016

How many privately sponsored Syrians Canada will accept remains open question
By Stephanie Levitz, Toronto Sun, January 28, 2016

Deported refugee fears for his life in Liberia
By Michael Petrou, Maclean’s, January 29, 2016

Look beyond job applicant’s paper credentials
By Carol Goar, The Star, January 29, 2016

‘Stateless’ man Deepan Budlakoti appeal rejected
Ottawa Sun, January 28, 2016

Ottawa yet to conduct on-site inspections under new foreign worker program
By Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail, January 28, 2016

Is immigration a burden or benefit to Canadians?
By Peter Dolezal, Peninsula News Review, January 28, 2016

Migrant farmworkers call on Trudeau for permanent residency
By Alyse Kotyk, rabble.ca, January 28, 2016

In Canada, first-of-its-kind website matches Syrian refugees to would-be sponsors
By Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation News, January 27, 2016

‘Canada is only a big Caribbean country:’ Response from China expert
By Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, January 27, 2016

World immigration in news
More people are now moving from Australia to New Zealand than vice versa
By Jonathan Pearlman, The Telegraph, February 2, 2016Peter Dutton Likely to Bar ‘Legal Rape Advocate’ From Visiting AustraliaAustralia Network, February 2, 2016Germany’s Migrant Deportation Plan: “Political Charade”
By Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute, February 1, 2016Germany offers Afghanistan help to take back migrants
By Mohammad Ismail, Reuters, February 1, 2016Migrant crisis: Finland PM Sipila halts plan to host refugees
BBC News, February 1, 2016Azerbaijan may share experience on migration issues with Europe
By Anakhanum Hidayatova, Trend News Agency, February 1, 2016Gambia’s Dictator Jails Female Immigration Officers Accused Of Skin Bleaching!
Freedom News Paper, February 1, 2016

Europe Chokes Flow of Migrants to Buy Time for a Solution
Nasdaq, January 31, 2016