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TORONTO – The federal authorities says it’s going to make it simpler for short-term residents in Canada from Turkey and Syria to increase their keep within the nation after a strong earthquake struck their nations final month.
Greater than 50,000 individuals have been killed and tens of millions displaced after the 7.8-magnitude quake and a number of other highly effective aftershocks hit the area on Feb. 6.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government will permit individuals from Turkey and Syria who’ve a brief standing to go to household, examine or work in Canada to use for an extension to their standing and can wave the applying charges for them.
Fraser says his division has been prioritizing processing short-term and everlasting resident purposes from individuals affected by the earthquake.
The federal government says, as of March 10, about 600 Syrian and 6,400 Turkish residents in Canada had short-term standing that’s set to run out throughout the subsequent six months.
Final month, the federal authorities mentioned it’s to ship one other $20 million in help for individuals affected by the earthquake and is to match $10 million extra in personal donations.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 18, 2023.
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