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What will Canada’s private sponsorship pause mean for refugees?

Dec 10, 2024
24:06

Immigration Minister Marc Miller pressed pause on private refugee sponsorships — a model that other countries around the world have adopted — until the end of 2025. A refugee who fled persecution in Myanmar, his sponsor and an advocate share their fears about what the pause will mean for displaced people who had been hoping for a fresh start in Canada.

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