The Canadian Government has refuted the report making waves that the nation has reached an agreement with the Nigerian Government to welcome over one million Nigerian Immigrants.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (IRCC) an agency of the Canadian Government, while dismissing the report, urged applicants to seek the right information on its website.
In a Twitter post, the agency wrote: “Disinformation is circulating which suggests that Canada is welcoming one million Immigrants from Nigeria. This is false and the immigration program referenced does not exist”.
The Immigration Minister Sean Fraser had reportedly said the Canadian government plans to welcome 1.45 million permanent residents between 2023 and 2025.
It was stated that the plan will ease the shortage of labour facing the country to reduce uncertainties in Canadian business.
Fraser said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government aims to welcome 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025.
Reports also have it that the Canadian 2023–2025 Immigration Levels Plan embraces immigration as a strategy to help businesses find workers and to attract the skills required in key sectors and different regions of the country, including small towns and rural communities to manage the social and economic challenges Canada will face in the decades ahead.
Also, the plan will reportedly place a long-term focus on economic growth, with just over 60 percent of admissions in the economic class by 2025.
In addition, the plan will use new features in the Express Entry system to welcome newcomers with the required skills and qualifications in sectors facing acute labour shortages such as health care, manufacturing, building trades and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
“Increases regional programs to address targeted local labour market needs, through the Provincial Nominee Program, the Atlantic Immigration Program, and the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot,” Fraser said.
“Reuniting more families faster; ensuring that at least 4.4 percent of new permanent residents outside Quebec are Francophone and support for global crises by providing a safe haven to those facing persecution, including by expanding the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot.”
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