REPEAT – As Parliament Returns, Civil Society Organizations Join Migrants to Call for Regularization and Permanent Resident Status for All 1.7 Million Migrants
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Over 480 civil society organizations have already endorsed this call for immigration justice.
Key Points:
- Over 480 civil society organizations have already endorsed this call for immigration justice.
- Most migrants in low-waged work do not have access to permanent residency so eventually they are forced to either leave Canada or stay in the country undocumented.
- As a result, there are at least 1.7 million migrants - 1 in 23 residents in Canada - who do not have equal rights.
- The Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) program was created in May 2021, and expired in November.