For example, Canada is today facing countrywide industrial action due to new federal immigration policies that make more than 70, 000 graduates of International Student Programs vulnerable to deportation.
Of all the represented countries among international students, Indians have always been the most dominant in Canada. The students are now demanding work permit renewal and an efficient direct mode of getting extramural immigration.
This comes at the backdrop of the new immigration policies in Canada, which have put at risk over 70,000 international students who, upon completing their studies, expect to work in the country.
These students who came to study in Canada in the hope of making a new life for themselves in the North American country are expressing their displeasure with the policies made by the Justin Trudeau-led government, which restrict the issuance of new study permits and reduce the number of nominations for permanent
These are occupations and protests in different provinces, such as PEI, Ontario, Manitoba, as well as British Columbia.
In an interview with Nation at the National University of Ireland, the Naujawan Support Network, a student organization, has noted that many of the youths will be deported from the country after their working permits expire at the end of the year.
This has been even worsened by new provincial policies that have seen 25% cut the number of nominations for permanent residency, leaving the students more vulnerable and helpless.
These people spent 6 years doing risky actions to come to Canada to stay, study, work, pay taxes, earn enough, and use the and use the comprehensive ranking system CRS points, but the government of Canada Municipality took advantage of us. Mehakdeep Singh, a former international student in Canada who faces deportation, told City News Toronto.
Singh, whose family sold all their property for tuition fees, is now in a position to face the above-mentioned deadline without attaining permanent residency in that country.