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Timely processing of temporary resident visa applications and applications in the inventory.
The UN Human Rights Committee has expressed the view that removal of a person to a country severely impacted by climate change may be, under certain circumstances, a violation of their right to life. Some media articles have claimed that this opens the door to climate change-related asylum claims. In November 2021, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) drew more attention to the issues of environmental migration and displacement.
Refugee resettlement has fully resumed following COVID-19 impacts that affected the ability of Canada and other countries to protect refugees through resettlement during the global pandemic.
Canada’s projected immigration levels for 2024 to 2026
Canada reaching the milestone of welcoming 40,000 Afghans.
The Century Initiative and Canada’s immigrations levels
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.
For the 2023 intake of the parents and grandparents program, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited potential sponsors from the remaining pool of Interest to Sponsor forms from 2020. From October 10-23, 2023, IRCC invited 24,200 potential sponsors to apply. The deadline to apply is December 22, 2023.
New annual French-speaking immigrant admissions targets for 2024 to 2026.
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.