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Immigration News Headlines – October, 2017

Immigration News Headlines

IRCC News
Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Irregular Migration meets again in Ottawa
September 29, 2017

IRCC Notice
Proposed changes to the Immigration Loan Program to help refugees and immigrants succeed
September 29, 2017

Canada immigration in news

 

Edmonton suspect’s past didn’t raise red flags during asylum process: Goodale
By Stephanie Levitz, The Record, October 2, 2017
Julie Payette becomes Canada’s 29th Governor General
By Tonda MacCharles, The Star, October 2, 2017
Mortgage rules discriminate against new Canadians, entrepreneurs: CMHC
By Joanna Smith, Business News Network, October 2, 2017
Foreign workers’ long wait almost over for Halifax businessman’s fraud trial
By Aly Thomson, Herald News, October 2, 2017
Raising immigration levels would benefit Canada, study finds
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, October 2, 2017
Asylum-seeker sues federal government over ‘humiliating’ 5-year imprisonment
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, October 1, 2017
How to debate immigration without distorting facts and foes
By Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2017
Far-Right, Antifa Standoff in Canada Leads to Closure of Checkpoint on US Border
Sputnik News, October 1, 2017
Pro- and anti- immigration protesters face off at Lacolle Border crossing
CTV News Montreal, September 30, 2017
Sudanese man gets last-minute reprieve from deportation order
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, September 30, 2017
Overpopulation & Hyperimmigration
By Peter Goodchild, Council of European Canadians, September 30, 2017
Women of Quebec’s far right come out of the shadows
By Catherine Solyom, Montreal Gazette, September 30, 2017
Study: Chronic low income among immigrants in Canada
Statistics Canada, September 29, 2017
Border fiasco continues, testing Canadians’ limits
By Candice Malcolm, Toronto Sun, September 29, 2017
Young foreign workers pervade Vancouver’s hospitality sector
By Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2017
“Frightening” testimony: Asylum seekers cost Canadians at least $500M (so far)
By Sheila Gunn Reid, The Rebel, September 29, 2017
32,000 asylum seekers entered Canada, 6,000 work permits awarded, 9 deported: officials
By Rebecca Joseph, Global News, September 28, 2017
More than 32,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Canada so far in 2017
By Maura Forrest, National Post, September 28, 2017
Four-year-old boy caught in immigration limbo for months gets his Canadian citizenship
By Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald, September 28, 2017
Ai Weiwei on refugees, empathy and the ‘miracle’ of the internet
By Jessica Wong, CBC News, September 27, 2017

 

 

World immigration in news

 

Government moves to secure US deal for Irish immigrants
Suzanne Lynch, The Irish Times, October 2, 2017
Hungary accuses George Soros of EU immigration plot
By Bruno Waterfield, The Times, October 2, 2017
Security comes before liberty in France’s new ‘normal’
By Don Murray, CBC News, October 1, 2017
Czexit next? Brussels set for collision course as anti-EU party looks to take power
By Rebecca Perring, Express, September 30, 2017
Austria’s ‘Burqa ban’ law signals rightward political turn
By George Jahn, CTV News, September 30, 2017
Denmark acts to control borders: Danish soldiers installed at Germany boundary
By Jon Rogers, Express, September 29, 2017
Germany’s Far-Right AfD Has More Immigrant MPs Than Merkel’s Conservatives
Reuters, September 29, 2017
Government will not support regularisation of undocumented migrants
Irish Examiner, September 28, 2017
Trump administration launches bid to give priority to refugees who can ‘assimilate’
By Mythili Sampathkumar, Independent, September 28, 2017
Deportations slow under Trump despite increase in arrests by ICE
By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post, September 28, 2017
Migration: Angela Merkel’s first hurdle to forming a coalition
Deutsche Welle, September 27, 2017
Italy offers refugees jobs and housing in return for integrating
By Tom Kington, The Times, September 27, 2017

 
IRCC News
Government of Canada implements new legislative changes to the Citizenship Act
October 4, 2017

Ministerial instructions – Express Entry draw #73
October 4, 2017 – ITA: 2,801 – CRSL: 438 points

Canada immigration in news

 

Leamington is at the frontlines of the boom in migrant workers. Here’s how it’s changed
By Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Nicholas Keung & Jim Rankin, The Star, October 9, 2017
‘I have hope’: Most refugees now waiting 16 months to have claims heard
By Karen Pauls, Kelly Malone, CBC News, October 9, 2017
Canada blasted for ‘needlessly punitive’ immigration detention system
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, October 8, 2017
Foreign workers should be eligible to apply for permanent residence prior to or upon arrival to Canada
By Tess Agustin, Hill Times, October 9, 2017
Unscrupulous recruiters keep migrant workers in ‘debt bondage’
By Jim Rankin, The Star, October 8, 2017
Thank you, Canada, for providing a home
Byj Chris Nelson, Calgary Herald, October 7, 2017
Immigration policy fuels unsustainable demands
By Edward Bopp, Letter, Vancouver Sun, October 6, 2017
Teller involved in bank robbery at risk of deportation and should get lesser sentence, says lawyer
By Meghan Grant, CBC News, October 6, 2017
Why Canada’s farm industry is ripe for change
By Jennifer Wells, The Star, October 6, 2017
International students in New Brunswick to receive Medicare coverage
By Rebecca Lau, Global News, October 6, 2017
There’s room for more: Canada should raise the bar on immigration: Editorial
The Star, October 6, 2017
Stranded woman edges closer to Canada
By Wayne Lowrie, Recorder, October 6, 2017
Hussen says 1200 Yazidis will be in Canada by year’s end
By Terry Haig, Radio International Canada, October 6, 2017
Man acquitted in terror-related case remains locked up during immigration review
National Post, October 5, 2017
He’s worked legally in Canada for 37 years but the government considers him ‘temporary’
By Nicholas Keung, The Star, October 5, 2017
Canada becoming an in-demand destination for foreign tech talent
By Jared Lindzon, The Globe and Mail, October 5, 2017
Canadian government reviewing refugee claims process
By By Terrey Haig, Radio Canada International, October 5, 2017
Thousands of refugee claims from asylum seekers remain unprocessed: federal immigration officials
By Jolson Lim, Hill Times, October 4, 2017
Screening system failed in case of alleged Edmonton attacker Abdulahi Sharif
By Candice Malcolm, Toronto Sun, October 4, 2017
Trudeau: Ottawa reviewing refugee process following Edmonton attacks
CTV News, October 4, 2017

 

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