More international students are seeking asylum in Canada, numbers reveal
The number of international students who seek asylum in Canada has more than doubled in the past five years, according to government data obtained under an access-to-information request.
The number of refugee claims made by study permit holders has gone up 2.7 times to 4,880 cases last year from 1,835 in 2018, as the international student population also surged by 1.4 times to 807,750 from 567,065 in the same period.
Over the five years, a total of 15,935 international students filed a refugee claim in the country.
