{"id":80655,"date":"2020-10-16T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/trudeau-indicates-canada-us-border-to-remain-closed-beyond-october-21"},"modified":"2021-05-10T23:26:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T03:26:13","slug":"trudeau-indicates-canada-us-border-to-remain-closed-beyond-october-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/trudeau-indicates-canada-us-border-to-remain-closed-beyond-october-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau Indicates Canada-US Border To Remain Closed Beyond October 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made it clear the Canada-U.S. border<\/span><\/a> is likely to remain closed beyond the current October 21 deadline.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said this week that as long as cases remain high in the U.S., the border would remain closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have committed to keeping Canadians safe and we keep extending the border closures because the States is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders,\u201d the prime minister said in a radio interview in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to make sure that Canadian safety is top of mind when we move forward. We see the cases in the United States and elsewhere around the world, and we need to continue to keep these border controls in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to all non-essential traffic since March 21, with government on both sides of the divide renewing the closure on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n

Canada also has in place restrictions on international travel<\/span><\/a> to stop the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Canada immigration numbers dropped again in August, as the recovery seen in the aftermath of the first wave of coronavirus stuttered for a second consecutive month.<\/p>\n

The latest federal government figures showed 11,315 new permanent residents were admitted in August, down from 13,675 in September, a drop of more than 17 percent.<\/p>\n

The figure is also significantly down on August 2019, when 31,585 permanent resident admissions were recorded.<\/p>\n

After eight months of 2019, Canada had welcomed 228,430 new immigrants, compared to just over 128,000 this year. It means Canada is 100,000 newcomers behind this time last year, and highly unlikely to meet its pre-coronavirus target of 341,000 new permanent residents.<\/p>\n

New \u2018arrivals\u2019 can either be candidates already in Canada transitioning from a temporary status, or those from overseas who were approved before March 18.<\/p>\n

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The restrictions bar entry to all except citizens and permanent residents, with some exemptions.<\/p>\n

Canada currently has\u00a0exemptions<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in place for the following people, provided they are travelling for a non-discretionary reason.<\/p>\n