Canada offers permanent residency path for families of Ethiopian, Iran air disaster victims

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced on Thursday that Canada would be offering a path to permanent residency for the next year to relatives of victims of two recent major air disasters: Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Mendicino said applicants must be a relative of a victim who was either a citizen, a permanent resident, or a foreign national with a positive eligibility decision on their permanent residence application at the time of the disaster.

• Relatives of Ethiopian, Iran air disaster victims temporarily offered residency path