Canada's Immigration Minister Says 300,000 New Immigrants A Year Is New Normal

01 Nov 2017

Ahmed Hussen, the Immigration Minister of Canada, was happy with the decision, that Canada can welcome as many immigrants in 2018, as it had in 2017.

The annual immigration plan to be taken up by the government, for fixing a level, (which was at 300,000 for the present year), is scheduled for next week in the House of Commons.

Immigration minister expressed the opinion that the government will not agree to a level lower than 300,000 in 2018. Three hundred thousand can serve as a new normal for the country. There is a possibility of having a higher figure also for 2018.

The government had decided to go for 300,000 from the previous 260,000, to meet the demands of Canadian families as they felt the need to join up with their loved ones, he added. Employers were also in favor to use of immigration to meet their growing needs and improve the standing of their establishments.

Immigration minister had carried out extensive consultations running for months, to put together the immigration outlook, which will be released soon. These consultations focused on the numbers that should be arriving in Canada and the proper mix of different classes required for immigration.He said that the majority of the proposed immigrants will belong to the economic class because it was an area of great need.

The next focus was family class immigrants and refugees. Statistics Canada Census Information, released recently, had revealed that the number of immigrants arriving in the country had reached the highest rate, in 100 years.

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