Immigration News Headlines – March, 2018

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IRCC News

Ministers responsible for Immigration and the Canadian Francophonie announce joint Action Plan for Increasing Francophone Immigration

March 2, 2018

IRCC Program Delivery Updates

Express Entry Police certificate requirements

February 27, 2018

Alberta PNP

Alberta introduces new appeal process for immigration application decisions

March 2, 2018

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

National Documentation Packages Update

February 28, 2018

The National Documentation Packages for the following countries have been updated: Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Benin, Ecuador, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam and Zambia

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Canadian immigration in news

Some P.E.I. business immigrants out of country over 100 days a year: statistics

By Michael Tutton, Financial Post, March 5, 2018

Finding family doctor the ‘ultimate challenge,’ says immigrant

By Connell Smith, CBC News, March 5, 2018

HRM to consider electric buses, free transit for asylum-seekers

The Chronicle Herald, March 4, 2018

Canada to bring in another 1,000 vulnerable women refugees

By Levon Sevunts, Radio International Canada, March 2, 2018

Millions to manage asylum seekers doesn’t mean new influx: Liberals

Red Deer Advocate, March 2, 2018

‘As a father, I can try’: Asylum-seeking dad, daughter appeal refugee claim denial

By Samantha Samson, CBC News, March 2, 2018

Cross-border people smuggler loses battle to stay in Canada

By Jason Proctor, CBC News, March 2, 2018

‘A Dangerous Crossing’ – a fictional story based on the real life tragedy of the Syrian refugee crisis

By Victoria Fenner, Rablle, March 1, 2018

Immigration Doesn’t Necessarily Reduce Social Cohesion and Trust

By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Quint, March 1, 2018

Asylum seekers sit in state of limbo as they wait for refugee claims to be heard in Canada

By Zahra Premji, Global News, March 1, 2018

CIBC’s new rules for foreign clients could squeeze Vancouver market

By Kerry Gold, The Globe and Mail, March 1, 2018

Canada vastly unprepared to process migrants and refugees

By Vicky Mochama, The Star, March 1, 2018

West Vancouver mansion-owning satellite family to be deported after judge dismisses review

ThinkPol, March 1, 2018

‘The Boat People’: A Smart, Complicated Horror Story about Canada and Refugees

By Crawford Kilian, The Tyee, February 28, 2018

Poll: Canada is “too generous” towards immigrants

By Ezra Levant, The Rebel, February 28, 2018

Debunking the myth of immigrant assimilation

By Joseph Micallef, Troy Media, February 28, 2018

Crown pushing for 11 year jail term, $100K fine for fraudulent immigration consultant

By Leva Lucs, CBC Canada, February 27, 2018

World immigration in news

Slow down immigration intake while we fix the problems

By Chris Mitchell, The Australian, March 5, 2018

Italians aren’t fascists. They’re angry about immigration

By Nicholas Farrell, Spectator (UK), March 3, 2018

Israel’s offer to African asylum seekers: leave or be jailed

By Mark Weiss, The Irish Times, March 3, 2018

Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden’s Middle Class

By Ellen Barry & Christina Anderson, The New York Times, March 3, 2018

Max Mosley: ‘It is perfectly legitimate to offer immigrants financial inducements to go home’

By Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian, March 3, 2018

Hungarian PM steps up anti-immigrant campaign after by-election loss

Reuters, March 2, 2018

Fiery Salvini forces anti-immigrant tone on Italy poll debate

By James Polit, Financial Times, March 2, 2018

What if immigrants have nowhere to go back to?

By Silvia Spitta, San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2018

Accused War Criminal Cites Torture Fears To Avoid Deportation

By Simon Rios, WBUR, March 2, 2018

Meet the Syrian refugees abandoning Europe for Trump’s America

By Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, March 2, 2018

Who and what to watch in Italy’s election

By Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post, March 2, 2018

Haitians gamble on a better life in Chile. But the odds aren’t always in their favor

By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, March 1, 2018

Migration and border policy links: Syrian displacement, Myanmar, and more

By Erin Harris, The Interpreter, March 1, 2018

Italy lurches to the xenophobic right in election centred on immigration

By Eric Reguly, The Globe and Mail, March 28, 2018

Important notice

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IRCC Program Delivery Updates

Self-employed farmer program applications temporarily suspended

March 12, 2018

Urgent citizenship application cases

March 12, 2018

Study permits: Off-campus work

March 12, 2018

Functional guidance on family class application

s in the permanent resident program now modernized

March 12, 2018

Ministerial instructions

Ministerial Instructions Regarding the Processing of Applications under the Federal Self-Employed Persons Class (Farm Management)

March 10, 2018

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Canadian immigration in news

Federal Court asked to spare former clients of immigration consultant fraudster

By Nicholas Keung, The Star, March 12, 2018

Revitalizing Atlantic Canada: immigration and the labour market

Public Policy Forum, March 12, 2018

B.C. immigrant agency sees decline in government-assisted refugees

By Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Globe and Mail, March 12, 2018

Migrant caregivers demand Ottawa repeal ‘demeaning’ rules that reject immigrants on medical grounds

CBC News, March 12, 2018

Is Doug Ford’s win an omen for Quebec?

By Celine Cooper, The Province, March 12, 2018

DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO ADMITTING REFUGEES

Bay Observer, March 12, 2018

Canada: provinces adopt ‘Study & Stay’ program

The Pie, March 12, 2018

Syrian scholarship students now seeking refugee protection

By Trevor Dunn, CBC News, March 12, 2018

Their appearance doesn’t define who they are

By Angelica Babiera, Excalibur, March 11, 2018

‘Maybe we’re singled out?’: Iranians in Quebec say delays for permanent residency are excessive, unreasonable

By Sabrina Marandola, CBC News, March 9, 2018

Lawsuit accuses Ontario government of leaving foreign-born Crown wards in the lurch

By Jacques Gallant, The Star, March 9, 2018

‘Explosive growth’ in number of students coming to Canada from India: report

By Rattan Mall, Voice Online March 9, 2018

This woman’s immigration application took so long she died while waiting

By Nicholas Keung, The Star, March 8, 2018

Deportation hearing for former Somali child refugee deferred for now

CTV News, March 8, 2018

How the news media framed the Syrian refugee crisis

By Rebecca Wallace, Policy Options, March 7, 2018

Are medicine and engineering the only two feasible options for Pakistani students?

By Abdullah Ansari, Tribune (PK), March 7, 2018

World immigration in news

Sweden’s Finns fear minority language rights are under threat

By Fredrika Fellman, Liliia Makashova & ViktoriiaZhuhan, March 13, 2018

French Indian Ocean island Mayotte erupts over immigration, insecurity

RFI, March 13, 2018

You decide Australia’s population, we’ll show you how it looks

By Inga Ting, Mark Doman, Ri Liu and Nathan Hoad, ABC AU, March 13, 2018

The Secret to Australia Avoiding Recession: Mass Immigration

By Jason Scott, Michael Heath, Bloomberg Quint, March 12, 2018

Austrian Court Deals Blow to Government’s Plan to Cut Benefits

US News, March 12, 2018

They deported a beloved restaurant owner. His town got over it

By Robert Samuels, The Star, March 12, 2018

Ethiopian immigration in doubt ahead of Israeli budget vote

By Tia Goldenberg, The Eagle, March 11, 2018

Australia’s immigration rate should be cut in half, Bob Carr says

By Anne F Davies, The Guardian, March 12, 2018

Hungary Seeks Broader Anti-Migrant Alliance After Austria, Italy Elections

By Krisztina Than, US News, March 12, 2018

Supreme Court’s Jennings ruling darkly echoes WWII Japanese internment camps

By Daniel Hatoum, Kansas City, March 11, 2018

Don’t let immigration curbs take away future of kebab shops

By Ibrahim Dogus, The Times (UK), March 12, 2018

Belgian citizens shelter 500 migrants each night. Police could soon start raiding their homes.

By Quentin Aries & Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, March 11, 2018

Populism in Europe is thriving. The West should prepare itself for a new normal.

By Jennifer Clark, NBC News, March 11, 2018

Italian vote heralds tougher EU stance on migration

By Alistair Grant, Herald Scotland, March 10, 2018

Ministerial instructions – Express Entry draw

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