Visitor-Visa Refusal Rates on the Rise for Countries in Conflict Canada’s visitor-visa refusal rate has been soaring in recent years. A Globe and Mail analysis of federal immigration statistics from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows that the visitor visa refusal rate rose from 18 percent of all applications in 2012 to 30 percent …
Asylum Application Numbers Vastly Surpassing Previous Years Tightening security around U.S. borders is leading to a massive influx of asylum seekers flooding to Canada seeking refuge, making Canada the ninth-largest recipient of asylum seekers in the world in 2017. A new report from the United Nations Refugee Agency shows that there were a record 68.5 …
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the First Time and Refuses to Cooperate on Immigration Situation In his first official meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario’s new premier, Doug Ford, has clashed with the federal government’s approach to handling an influx of asylum seekers into the province. Premier Ford …
Stats Can Study Reveals Immigrant Business Owners Have Equal Opportunity to be Approved as Canadian-Born Owners Immigrants to Canada looking to start a business are often perceived to be at a disadvantage and to have more difficulty than Canadian-born business owners in accessing capital once they arrive in Canada, but a new report from Statistics …
Canada Condoning U.S. Violations Towards Central American Families Despite the UNHCR’s Explicit Request to Help In recent months, more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents and held in southern U.S. detention centres. Children are held, sometimes for months, while their parents’ refugee cases are processed. Reports from the American Civil Liberties Union …
