01-16-2010, 12:55 PM
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Canada gets a similiar treatment
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2450468
Quote:
Canada relaxes immigration rules for Haitians devastated by earthquake
Jorge Barrera and Linda Nguyen, Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- As evacuees returned to Canada from Haiti on Saturday, the federal government relaxed this country's immigration rules to make it easier for Canadians to sponsor family members living in the earthquake-torn nation.
At a news conference in Ottawa, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Canada will give "priority" to Haitians who want to come to this country, if they can show that they were "severely affected"by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean island Tuesday.
The new rules will also apply to Canadian families who want to adopt Haitian children, in hopes of speeding up the process, said Kenney.
All immigrants must still qualify under Canadian immigration standards, but will have their cases looked at more quickly.
Kenney said temporary residents already in Canada from Haiti, including students and workers, will automatically have their visas and permits extended temporarily in the wake of the largest earthquake to hit Port-au-Prince in almost two centuries.
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