immigration Flashcards
What’s the definition of immigrant?
Someone who moves from one country to another
What’s a refugee?
Someone who moves from one country to another because of a life threatening situation like war, natural disaster, persecution ect..
Why do people immigrate?
Examples: • war •family •job •economy •natural disaster
What are comfortable and non comfortable reasons to immigrate?
Comfortable: family, work ect..
Uncomfortable: war, natural disaster ect..
What are some things that help you enter Canada ?
A job
Education
Family living here ready
What’s the point system and how many points do you need in order to come to Canada ?
Economic immigrants take a point test seeing if they qualify to enter Canada. Some questions have to do with: adaptability, language, work, age, health, family ect..
YOU MUST GET 67/100 TO ENTER CANADA
What’s the immigrant and refugee act?
Made in 2002.
Establishes categories of who can and can’t enter Canada
What are the 4 categories you can be in to enter Canada? (What’s the one with most people?)
- Family class
- Refugee class
- Economic class (most people)
- Other
Pros to immigration for Canada
Boost in the economy when you have skilled workers working for it
Cons of immigration for Canada
If they are unskilled or old/sick and basically enter and use our health care system which takes money from our taxes
Multiculturalism in Canada benefits the following:
Increase populations
Creates diverse society
Increase tolerance
Helps economy
What’s provincial nomination program ?
When individual provinces influence immigrants to come to their province because they’re in need of skilled workers
“Economic reasons” to immigrate ?
Positive impact on the economy
Or if your country is so poor it’s unsafe and unhealthy
“Humanitarian reasons” to immigrate?
Persecution
Natural disaster
War
What’s the definition of immigration?
Moving from one country to another
