Canada in a quandary as more foreign students making a beeline for asylum

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Canada in a quandary as more foreign students making a beeline for asylum



As per the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the country welcomed 6,82,060 international students of which Indians were the largest, with 40.7% of 2,78,250 study permits issued in 2023. In 2022, as many as 5,51,405 international students reached Canada of which 2,26,450 (41%) were from India. Now nearly 6 lakh students are on study permit in Canada.Meanwhile, visa agents are seeing an uptick in Indian students going to Europe and Australia against the backdrop of the changes in Canada’s visa regime that no longer appears as welcoming as before.



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