{"id":133343,"date":"2024-01-31T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-should-learn-from-australias-international-student-journey-expert\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:24:05","slug":"canada-should-learn-from-australias-international-student-journey-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-should-learn-from-australias-international-student-journey-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Should Learn from Australia\u2019s International Student Journey: Expert\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s immigration policy failures are unusual, with one in five study permit holders<\/a> having no record of studying at college or university here.<\/p>\n

Some private colleges, in fact, have even witnessed no-show rates of 90 percent, fueling intense political debates and weakening Canada\u2019s reputation as an immigration and student hub.<\/p>\n

However, Canada is not the only immigration-reliant country to have undergone peril related to immigration policies.<\/p>\n

Australia, as per the Globe and Mail writer David McKinnon, could be used as a precedent for overcoming immigration-related woes.<\/p>\n

Similar to Canada, the country underwent considerable obstacles between 2008 and 2010, owing to unmanaged growth in students coming from India.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had a front-row seat to that crisis; I was managing Canada\u2019s trade and investment program in India, which included education promotion, and my wife was working at the Australian mission in Delhi, looking after their political and economic program,\u201d wrote McKinnon.<\/p>\n

At the time, Canada had started emulating Australia for the major economic growth generated by international students. However, not all were glitters and stars for the country: policies to bring in international students became a gateway for those who did not want an education, but rather permanent residency.<\/p>\n

The story was the same as it is in Canada now, with many Indian students having to work incredibly long hours to fund their education, putting them in a precarious situation.<\/p>\n

McKinnon reflected on how attacks on Indian students were reported by Indian media as racism, sourcing trouble for Australia-India bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

Canada, on the other hand, used data to minimize the number of problematic immigration applicants. The trade and immigration program at the Delhi High Commission of Canada aligned its promotion and visa-processing efforts to support established, public degree-granting institutions.<\/p>\n

The approach was picked up by some other Canadian missions as a best practice for visa processing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis approach was noticed by Australian officials too, some of whom came to Delhi to assess the program and learn lessons from their debacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, I continued to hear about how Canada\u2019s quality-driven approach had become a best practice for many in Canberra after I was posted there in late 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Problems Facing Canada\u2019s International Student System<\/h3>\n

Canada welcomed a record number of international students, at 800,000 in 2022. To sustain their studies here, they end up picking low-paying jobs that cannot be filled by Canadians, as per assistant professor in international student policy at the University of the Fraser Valley in B.C., Dale M. McCartney.<\/p>\n

This often leaves them vulnerable, as per the past president of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Melody Viczko.<\/p>\n

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