Canada To Open Up Immigration For 40 Thousands Foreigners This Year

Canada to open up immigration for 40 thousands foreigners this year

OTTAWA, (Pakistan Point News – 3rd Feb, 2017) : Canada has said it will not boost its refugee intake in 2017, despite widespread calls for Ottawa to take action to counter US President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to refugees and immigrants from seven countries in the middle East and Africa. Canada plans to resettle 40,000 refugees and protected persons in the country this year, both through government support and private sponsorship. "Our immigration levels plan has an allocation that is historically high for refugees," said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen. "We intend to maintain that plan." But human rights groups and refugee advocates are calling on Canada to lift its cap on refugee sponsorship in 2017, especially in light of curbs to immigration south of the border.