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A nationwide protests in currently going on Canada, as more than 70,000 international students face massive deportation due to major changes in Federal policy. These polices has put a large number of students who arrived in the country for studies, and hope of a better life no lies in uncertainty.
A student advocacy group Naujawan support network said that the students are at the risk of being deported when their work permits expire at the end of the current year.
The impact has been devastating for these students. Tens of thousands who had planned to apply for permanent residency after completing their studies say they are now left with heavy loans and shattered dreams.
International students across Canada are organizing protests against the backdrop of looming deportations.
A group of students have set up encampments outside the legislative assembly in Prince Edward Island, protesting overnight for more than three months.
These international students are saying that they are facing precarious situations as the government announced a 26 percent reduction in permanent residency nominations and the 2week draws has been suspended as no one knows when the next draw will take place.
“I spent the most crucial six years of my life taking many risks to come to Canada,” says Mehakdeep Singh, a former international student who is facing deportation.
“For the past six years, I studied, I worked, I paid taxes, I earned enough CRS [Comprehensive Ranking System] points, but the government has just taken advantage of us.”
Singh is one of the former international students who spent his family’s life savings on tuition abroad. He is now facing the dreadful deadline of his work permit expiring, and there is no promise of permanent residency in sight.
“There isn’t consistency anymore,” explains Kanwar Sierah, an immigration consultant.
“At first, there were CEC [Canadian Experience Class] draws every two weeks, so they prepared for that. Now, students don’t know when the next draws will be, causing huge backlogs.”
Hundreds of international students and immigrant workers have held rallies in recent months throughout Brampton, pushing back against a narrative that blames them for local housing and job crises.
These students and advocacy groups, such as the International Sikh Student Organization, say that such problems are rooted in broader policy failures rather than the migration of international students.
They are calling on the Federal Government of Canada to extend work permits and provide clear pathways to permanent residency, emphasizing that they contribute significantly to the Canadian economy and deserve fair treatment.
