Foreign nannies ill-treated
Multiple immigrant and nanny groups, including the Caregivers Action Centre and the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, conducted a study about foreign nannies in Canada. The study interviewed 200 foreign nannies in Canada and found out that in the past six months, their unpaid salary amounted to approximately $6,550 per person. In addition to increasing financial pressure, more than one-third of respondents said that their employers prohibited them from going out for fear of contracting coronavirus, which intensified their feelings of isolation and anxiety. Diana Da Silva, a spokesperson for these immigrant and nanny concern groups, said that at present, Canada has approximately 25,000 foreign nannies. Silva called on the federal government to immediately provide foreign nannies with Canadian permanent residence status to enable them to protect themselves amid the pandemic and also to have the opportunity to reunite with their family members.
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