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HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CANADA-REFUGEES:Canada risks missing annual refugee resettlement target after slow start

Appeals court upholds Canada-U.S. asylum-seeker agreement Reuters 5 hrs ago By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO, April 15 (Reuters) - A Canadian appeals court on Thursday upheld a Canada-U.S. agreement to turn back asylum-seekers, overturning a lower court ruling, siding with the federal government and setting up a possible Supreme Court showdown. The ruling is a victory for Canada's federal government, which had launched an appeal defending the agreement and, by association, U.S. immigration detention practices, which it said do not "shock the conscience." At issue was whether the Safe Third Co...

By Syndicated Content By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Pedro, a Mexican migrant worker, knew he had to leave the Ontario cannabis operation where he worked when so many of his coworkers caught COVID-19 that his employer began to house them in a 16-person bunk house alongside the uninfected. Pedro moved in with friends in the nearby farming town of Leamington, Ontario, at the end of October. He asked to be identified under a pseudonym because he fears that speaking out will affect his chances of employment. "I didn't know where to go, where to get help. So I was left behi...

Canada is offering permanent residency to around 90,000 foreign students and workers in jobs as diverse as plumbing and cleaning, as it steps up efforts to meet an annual immigration target that has helped drive economic growth in recent years.

In COVID-19 vaccination pivot, Canada targets frontline workers Reuters 1 hr ago By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO, April 11 (Reuters) - Canada is shifting its vaccination campaign to target frontline workers, moving away from a largely age-based rollout as the country tries to get a handle on the raging third wave of the pandemic. Canada's approach thus far has left unvaccinated many so-called "essential workers," like daycare providers, bus drivers and meatpackers, all of whom are among those at higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. Provinces are now trying to adjust their strategy to tackle...