By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 03/18/2023 at 10:02 p.m
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The Canadian government announced new measures to ease immigration procedures on Saturday. CARLOS OSORIO / Portal
The Canadian government on Saturday announced new measures aimed at facilitating the immigration process for Turkish and Syrian citizens already in Canada, a month after the earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in those two countries. “Turkish and Syrian nationals can continue to study, work or visit their families by applying for a free extension of their status,” the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship said.
For example, they can apply for a work permit that allows a foreigner to work for any employer for a specified period of time. “These measures will make it easier for Turkish and Syrian nationals to extend their temporary status in Canada,” he said in a statement. They are valid from March 29th to September 25th.
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This announcement comes ten days after the United Nations urged the international community to accelerate the resettlement of Syrian refugees from areas hit by the earthquake in Turkey to other host countries. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6 killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in neighboring Syria and destroyed hundreds of thousands of buildings. About nine million people were affected by this earthquake, including more than 1.7 million refugees.