Canada will make it easier for temporary residents from Turkiye and Syria to extend their stay in the country and will prioritize the visa applications of people from these two countries, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Saturday.
More than 50,000 people have been killed and millions displaced after the 7.8-magnitude quake and several powerful aftershocks hit southern Turkiye and northern Syria on Feb. 6.
He said his department will also prioritize processing temporary visa applications for people affected by the earthquake. " special measures that we're implementing, internal to our system, to provide guidance to our officers to facilitate the approval of their cases so they can come to Canada." "We're using a new strategy to help facilitate the arrival of people who find themselves in those situations ordinarily may not be approved to come to Canada," he said.
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