Nation-wide protests demanding immigration status for temporary foreign workers
The Migrant Rights Network simultaneously held protests in ten cities including Toronto and Vancouver across the country to demand that the federal government take immediate action to expand the scope of immigration to resolve the immigration status of temporary foreign workers who have been stranded in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Syed Hussan, the organizer of the protests, said that at present, there are 1.6 million temporary foreign workers in Canada who do not have Canadian permanent residency status. These temporary foreign workers, on the one hand, have been making contributions to Canada’s development and society, but on the other hand, they have been excluded from Canada’s health insurance programs and COVID-19 related emergency response benefits, so they are living in poverty and are facing the risk of being deported.
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