By accepting Ukrainian and Russian refugees, Canada can do good and do well
more can be done, including making legal residency status and work permits permanent, creating a distinct pathway to permanent residency for Ukrainians who wish to stay here permanently and offering the full slate of services extended to refugees. Recent exemptions to those of a certain age from the “biometrics” requirement to provide fingerprints is a step in the right direction.
have shown the housing, settlement and integration advantages of such programs, which allow groups and individuals to support refugees financially and emotionally for the first year or more. Canada has shown a willingness to allow an unlimited number of Ukrainians through its temporary emergency travel program, and it should similarly remove arbitrary government caps for refugees taking the private-sponsorship route.
While Canada and other countries have done much to help Ukrainian migrants, virtually nothing has been done to assist the many thousands of Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s ever-accelerating repression. This neglect is both unjust and strategically short-sighted.
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