Thanks to a new statute that will come into effect from next May 6, 2021, Canada will grant permanent residence for about 90,000 foreign workers and students who helped take care of the sick during the pandemic.
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According to him migration minister, Marco Mendicino, The program is aimed at workers with less than one year of experience in the field of medicine, profession which is considered essential in the current joint. The measure also applies to students who obtained a higher degree in the last four years.
“The pandemic has revealed the incredible contribution of newcomers. These new policies will allow people with temporary status to plan their future in Canada, play a key role in our Economic recovery”he said about it Mendicino.
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“Today’s announcement opens a window in the short term for the thousands of migrants who are able to meet the restrictive criteria, but keeps intact the basic principles of the immigration system by which hundreds of thousands are exploited,” said the Migrant Rights Network.
This organization has been fighting for years to facilitate the residence processes of the migrants, then get the residence in Canada It is a long and complex process with many foreigners dreaming of arriving in that country that they have as languages maternal English and French.
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It should be remembered that during 2020 that country sought to admit 341,000 emigrants, but the pandemic only allowed the arrival 184,000 people. In this sense, Canada it continues to be one of the most desirable destinations for Latin Americans.
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