Senators Omidwa (Ratna Omidvar), Hassan Yussuf (Hassan Yussuf), Malwa (Sabi Marwah) and Hu Yuanbao (Yuen Pau Woo) issued reports on the federal international student program and warned that Canada does not have enough permanent residence (PR) places to meet the needs of a growing number of international students.
Over 900,000 students studied in Canada in 2023
According to the internal policy section of the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizens Affairs (IRCC), the number of foreign students applying to come to Canada will reach 1.4 million per year by 2027. More than 900,000 students studied in Canada in 2023.
The report "Strengthening the Integrity of the Canadian Student Program" also asked the Canadian government to stop overstating the ease of obtaining a Canadian work permit after graduation."Courses offered by public schools must meet some conditions to qualify for international students, while courses offered by private institutions are not eligible at all," it says.」
Australian immigration reform
The Australian government will crack down on questionable student visas and fake asylum seekers in order to close fraudulent loopholes in the immigration system. This week, Interior Minister Clare O 'Neill, Education Minister Jason Clare, Skills and Training Minister Brendan O' Connor and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles will release a series of statements.
They noted that in the past fiscal year, the student visa rejection rate has roughly doubled, with as many as 94,000 applicants being rejected, with about half of them coming from vocational education and training (VET) fields. The high rejection rate is because a growing number of students are found to be fake when they work in Australia.
Since the reopening of the border after the outbreak, Australian asylum seekers have increased, from 26443 in 2021-2022 to 28556 in 2022-2023. The government hopes the number will avoid returning to nearly 48,000 in 2018-2019.
Because asylum applicants may stay in Australia for 11 years until their cases are finally handled and have full rights to work during that period. At present, the Ministry of the Interior takes an average of 866 days to process an application, and the Administrative Appeal Arbitral Tribunal (AAT) and the court require 1,330 days and 1,872 days to review.
The EU has made progress in handling the new rules on asylum applications
European Union interior ministers have met in Brussels to make progress on new rules on handling asylum applicants and illegal immigrants. The Mediterranean Group of 9 (Med 9), attended by leaders of Croessia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia via and a Spanish representative, met in Malta.
The leaders of the revised Immigration and Asylum Agreement (Pact on Migration and Asylum), which aims to relocate some of the migrants to other EU countries, to ease pressure on the frontline, the Mediterranean Group of 9 called for the agreement as soon as possible.
"We reiterate the need for significantly greater external EU action to adopt new approaches to effectively reduce initial migration and prevent (migrants) from embarking on the road," the leaders of the Mediterranean Group of 9 said.」
"This problem must ultimately be solved at the source," said Maltese Prime Minister (Robert Abela).」
The constantly changing situation of the world
The author believes that with the continuous change of the world situation, the immigration policy has derived many criminal activities, and the large increase of the immigrant population has led to the increasing tension of land resources. Whether in Canada, Australia or popular European countries, the increasing difficulty of immigration is reflected in the strict policy and material audit. Therefore, for Hong Kong people who want to emigrate to popular countries, the sooner they plan the immigration path to seize the lead, the higher the chance of success.
Portugal Gold Visa information
In addition, the latest information about the golden visa in Portugal, the Portuguese president also announced that the Portuguese golden residence visa is directly invested in the property [official end], which means that the immigration path is less choice. Immigration policies are constantly changing, remember to pay attention to the latest information, prepare for a rainy day or with professional help to make a more timely response and better choice.
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