Canada can increase the figure of refugees accepted annually by channelizing them through the economic immigration programs. Those who possess employable skills will then be routed to the Canada PR Visa.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Minister
Ahmed Hussen expressed these views marking the World Refugee Day. He said that he
wants to accelerate massively the pilot launched last year. It links the
refugees residing in the Middle East and East Africa with current economic
immigration programs. These are the Provincial Nomine Programs in Canada or the
PNPs, as quoted by the CIC News.
The EMPP - Economic Mobility Pathways Project
builds on a program devised in 2016 by Talent
Beyond Borders. TBB is a refugee resettlement organization based in the US.
The program has already been signed up by 1000s of refugees residing in Jordan
and Lebanon. 1/3rd of them possess an Undergraduate degree or higher and 40% of
them have some level of proficiency in English.
The candidates
who have signed up with TBB represent 200 plus professions. These include University Education, Accounting, Teaching,
IT, Health care, and Engineering.
IRCC administers
the EMPP in collaboration with TBB. The UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Refuge Point are
also onboard.
Qualified
skilled refugees who have registered with the UNHCR are referred through EMPP
to 5 PNPs. These are in Yukon, Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Manitoba. This is for being
considered for Canada PR Visa through nomination from these provinces, as
quoted by the CIC News.
PNPs permit
participating territories and provinces in Canada to choose immigration
candidates for Canada PR Visa. This is if they fulfil the specific needs of
their labour markets.
The EMPP also
permits IRCC to assess and document
barriers that might be faced by some of the refugees. This is while immigration to Canada through the
present economic immigration programs. As of now, just a handful of candidates
have immigrated to Canada via EMPP. This is something that Hussen would like to
change.
Mathieu Genest the Spokesperson for Immigration
Minister said that the EMPP remains small but is
promising. IRCC is supervising the program and will re-evaluate prior to
implementing any changes, added Genest.
The Spokesperson
said that channelizing the refuges through economic immigration programs will
assist in countering the false
impression. It is that they are a burden on the system, added Genest.
The highest numbers of refugees than any nation
were resettled by Canada in 2018. This is as per the latest data published
by the UNHCR.
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