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Canadian TV's CTV NEWS says;
Immigration Minister John McCallum announced a “significant shift” in the federal government’s immigration policy, aimed at reuniting more families.
Speaking in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday, Immigration Minister John McCallum said that Ottawa plans to welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents by the end of 2016, a 7.4 per cent increase from the 2015 admission target.
The Globe and Mail newspaper says;
Canada on track to welcome more than 300,000 immigrants in 2016
Included in that number;
Canada will see a dramatic boost in the number of refugees it plans to resettle this year to 55,800, up from a target of 24,800 in 2015. The majority of new refugees will be Syrian, in accordance with the government’s commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February, and thousands more throughout the year. It also plans to triple the number of privately sponsored refugees to 18,000 in 2016.
If the government reaches its target, it will mark the first time Canada has resettled more than 300,000 new permanent residents in one year since 1913.
Immigration Minister John McCallum announced a “significant shift” in the federal government’s immigration policy, aimed at reuniting more families.
Speaking in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday, Immigration Minister John McCallum said that Ottawa plans to welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents by the end of 2016, a 7.4 per cent increase from the 2015 admission target.
The Globe and Mail newspaper says;
Canada on track to welcome more than 300,000 immigrants in 2016
Included in that number;
Canada will see a dramatic boost in the number of refugees it plans to resettle this year to 55,800, up from a target of 24,800 in 2015. The majority of new refugees will be Syrian, in accordance with the government’s commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February, and thousands more throughout the year. It also plans to triple the number of privately sponsored refugees to 18,000 in 2016.
If the government reaches its target, it will mark the first time Canada has resettled more than 300,000 new permanent residents in one year since 1913.