As Canada plans cuts to immigration, Ukrainian families say they’re worried and “disoriented” after getting mixed messages about their permanent residency applications under a special humanitarian pathway to reunite families fleeing war.
Some applicants allege Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) “lost” their applications, and question Canada’s commitment to continue supporting Ukrainians as the war rages on in Ukraine and Russia.
“It worries me very much because it’s once again interruption of promises,” said Eugenia Pynchuk, a Canadian citizen, as she sat next to her father. Her parents are currently in Ottawa under a visitor visa that’s set to expire next year.
Something is rotten at IRCC.
