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IRCC’s response to the persecution of Uyghur people in China.
A department-wide Anti-Racism survey in November 2020 revealed that perceptions of the existence and nature of racism in the department varied significantly based on respondents’ racial and ethnic background, and that significant proportion of racialized employees consider racism to be a problem within the department.
Passport Program Services
Processing and facilitation measures for temporary workers
Regularizing the status of undocumented migrants
Canada is experiencing unprecedented housing pressures, which requires collaboration between all levels of government, including provinces, territories and municipalities and the private sector to address the underlying issues and ensure that Canadians and newcomers have access to housing.
New annual French-speaking immigrant admissions targets for 2024 to 2026.
There have been reports of international students and graduates facing removal from Canada due to fraud, while claiming having no knowledge of fraudulent activity. A joint IRCC-CBSA taskforce review of these cases is ongoing.
Measures taken to improve and strengthen the governance and regulation of the immigration consultants industry.
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine. Since then, there have been domestic and international movements of the Ukrainian population, including to Canada given our country’s strong Ukrainian-Canadian community