Canada Immigration Minster Sean Fraser is working on a new pathway to permanent residency for undocumented workers in Canada, reports the Toronto Star<\/i>.<\/p>\n
In December last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did instruct the immigration minister in a mandate letter to \u201cbuild on existing pilot programs to further explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
But neither Fraser nor Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials have so far responded to an email from Immigration.ca<\/a> concerning the claim of a new pathway for undocumented workers.<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n Manitoba PNP Draw: Province Invites 278 Canada Immigration Candidates<\/a> In the Toronto Star <\/i>article, journalists Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Nicholas Keung quote an anonymous source said to be familiar with the program\u2019s development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely committed to delivering on this mandate item,\u201d that anonymous source reportedly said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe work is currently underway to deliver and build on our existing programs to explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n Undocumented migrants \u2013 including workers \u2013 are those who have arrived in Canada without first applying:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The details of that program, including which skill and educational levels of workers or the number of applications to be allowed, are not divulged.<\/p>\n No-one knows for sure how many undocumented migrants are living in Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cA guesstimate of about half a million has been proposed nationally, but this number varies among other sources which suggest anywhere from 20,000 to 200,000 undocumented workers,\u201d noted a study first published in 2010.<\/p>\n In a letter calling on the immigration minister to create a new pathway for undocumented migrants in Canada, Unifor \u2013 the same union which represents Toronto Star<\/i> journalists \u2013 suggests there may be many more of these people in Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cIn order for these permanent residency pathway and regularization programs to make a real difference in the lives of the over 1.7 million migrants currently without secure status in Canada, they must be made as open and accessible as possible,\u201d wrote Unifor national president Lana Payne in that letter dated Aug. 30 this year.<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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\nNova Scotia Launches Pilot Program To Help International Graduates Immigrate<\/a>
\nOntario To Update PNP For New National Occupational Classification System<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nWhat Are Undocumented Migrants?<\/h3>\n
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\nJournalists\u2019 Union Lobbying Ottawa To Give Permanent Residency To Undocumented Migrants<\/h3>\n
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