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View Full Version : CBC: Liberals shift immigration focus to family reunification, refugee resettlement



Die Neue Zeit
12th March 2016, 22:41
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-immigration-levels-plan-2016-1.3479764

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McCallum said Canada will admit between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents in 2016, a record increase from the 260,000 to 285,000 newcomers the previous Conservative government had planned to welcome by the end of 2015.

The Liberal plan will see Canada admit:

- 151,200 to 162,400 caregivers, provincial nominees, and other skilled workers under the economic stream.
- 75,000 to 82,000 spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of Canadians under the family reunification plan.
- 51,000 to 57,000 refugees, protected persons and others admitted for humanitarian reasons.​

The Liberal plan also includes admitting 18,000 privately sponsored refugees, "three times more than in earlier years," McCallum said.