Family Reunification
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Concern as Quebec cuts number of family reunification applications it will acceptQuebec announced last week it will process a maximum of 13,000 family reunification applications over the next two years, after approving more than 16,500 in 2022.CanadaJul 2, 2024
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Quebec firm on immigration cap as Ottawa looks to speed up family reunificationThe delay to bring a spouse to Quebec is 34 months, compared with 12 months in other provinces, and for a parent it climbs to 50 months — compared with 24 months elsewhere.PoliticsMar 4, 2024
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Québec Solidaire immigration critic calls on province to reconsider family reunification limitsAround 36,000 people are waiting for their family reunification applications to be processed in Quebec, where they take double the time to be processed compared to other provinces.CanadaSep 19, 2023
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Airbnb offers free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globallySince 2012, Airbnb.org has housed 75,000 people fleeing or responding to a crisis, from COVID-19 health workers and earthquake or fire evacuees or responders, to refugees.WorldAug 24, 2021
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Quebec spousal sponsorship applicants describe system as broken and discriminatoryProtesters have been outside the Montreal immigration office for the past six days asking the federal government to grant temporary visas to spouses.CanadaNov 6, 2020
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‘Thousands’ of Canadian cross-border families still unable to reuniteSara Anderson and Joe Forgues have been together for more than three-and-half years on different sides of the Canada-U.S. border.HealthJul 17, 2020
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Fact check: Has the Liberal government reunited more immigrants with parents and grandparents?On average, the Liberals have reunited fewer families under the parents-and-grandparents program than the previous Tory government, stats show.CanadaFeb 7, 2019
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Flawed system: Canada’s family reunification program comes under firePeople are criticizing an Immigration and Citizenship Canada program that allows for parents and grandparents to be reunited with Canadian citizens and permanent residents.CanadaFeb 1, 2019
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Ottawa to scrap controversial immigration lottery system for familiesThe Trudeau government is scrapping an unpopular lottery system for immigrants looking to reunite with their parents and grandparents.CanadaAug 20, 2018
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Officials defend handling of family separations at U.S. borderU.S. immigration officials defended their handling of migrant family separations before Congress on Tuesday, in the face of bipartisan criticism.PoliticsJul 31, 2018
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