Almost 4,000 Hongkongers have made applications after Canada introduced new policies to facilitate their emigration to the country. In the first four months since the program was launched last February, 3,481 people have applied, said Nancy Caron, an Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) spokeswoman, told Canadian newspaper the National Post. There are also two new pathways for those who recently graduated from tertiary institutions to get expedited permanent residence status in Canada. Some 400 applications were filed to IRCC at the end of July since the pathways were announced in May. The newspaper noted that there is no big increase in applications from Hong Kong for Canadian permanent residence in recent years.

Source: The Standard October 24, 2021 16:12 UTC