Social justice, social welfare and refugees, immigrants, temporary workers, and undocumented migrants

Question 1

Why do people migrate?

Answer 1

Better job opportunities 
Refuge 
Better quality of life 
Family reunification 
school/education

Question 2

Define migration

Answer 2

moving to a new place

Question 3

Define immigrant

Answer 3

moving into country

Question 4

Define emmigrant

Answer 4

moving out of country

Question 5

Define permanent residency

Answer 5

permanent/indefinite permission to live in a country

Question 6

Define settlement

Answer 6

process after immigrant arrives

Question 7

Define citezenship/visitor/temp resident

Answer 7

becoming an official citizen of a country

Question 8

Define refugee claiment/asylum seeker

Answer 8

asking to be recognized as an asylum seeker after arrival

Forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence - well-founded fear of current living conditions

Question 9

Define undocumented immigrant

Answer 9

no aper with permittance to stay in country

Question 10

Define 1st 2nd 1.5 gen

Answer 10

1st gen - migrated / 2nd gen - in country child of immigrant / 1.5 gen - migrated w/parents at a very young age

Question 11

What are the two measurements of global migration?

Answer 11

Migration flow - how many people are migrating (2016: 5mil)

Migration stock - how many immigrants in country (2015: 3.3% pop)

Question 12

Talk through the process of immigrating to Canada?

Answer 12

No permission - application - temporary visa - application - permanent residency - application - test - citizenship

Question 13

Why would someone be inadmissible for immigration?

Answer 13

Security - threat to society (criminal record)

Health - to costly to care for person (see below)

Lying in an application - misrepresentation

Family member is inadmissible - Medical: providing services to care for condition costs 3x canadian average (6655$/year)

Question 14

What are two examples of programs for temporary workers in Canada?

hint: there are two major differences between them

Answer 14

International mobility programs (IMP): advancing canadian interests, labour market impact assesment not nessesary, includes NAFTA, reciprocal arrangements (HIGH-SKILL)

Temporary foreign workers program: LMIA required, no reciprocity - “filling gaps” (LOW-SKILL)

Question 15

What is the highest percentage (reason) for aquiring permanent residency? the lowest? middle?

Answer 15

Economic advancement (63)
Family sponsorship (24)
Refugees/humanitarian (13)

Question 16

What does it mean to qualify through fed gov? prov gov?

Answer 16

Once an immigrant has qualified through fed gov they can go anywhere in country. They can also go through prov gov nominee program but they are stuck in that prov.

Question 17

What is the points system based on for immigration? What is weighted the most? the least?

hint: 6

Answer 17

Language ability - weighted the most 
Education 
Work experience 
Age 
Arranged employment - weighted the least 
Adaptability - weighted the least

Question 18

What is essential to family reunification?

Answer 18

Must prove relationships are legitimate and that sponsor is eligible and that sponsored person is not inadmissible (sponsorship undertaking)

Question 19

How long is refugee assistance program available to newcomers? limits?

Answer 19

For gov sponsored refugees - first year only
Tied to social assistance rates
Must pay back cost of medical examination and transport to canada

Question 20

What is meant by naturalisation?

think: eligibility criteria

Answer 20

Pass citizen test, pay back initial fees, present for 1095 days (3 years), filed taxes, permanent residen, official language ability

Question 21

Readings: Service Use by Immigrant: Families Caring for an Older Relative: A Question of Culture or Structure?

Main take-aways?

think: limitations of services - why not acess services?

Answer 21

Immigrant families tend to provide more care and less formal services for elderly/disabled members of family - strong feeling of solidarity/fear of symbolic consequences of parental abandonment

Elderly fear home caretakers (no attachment = intruder)

Lack of knowledge of essential services due to language barriers

Immigration law makes accessibility difficult

If illegal - fear of being
deported curbs getting help

Cultural insensitivity - services don’t meet cultural/linguistic needs

Question 22

What are some outlined immprovements to services that could benefit newcomers with aging family members?

Answer 22

Cultural competency for staff members, diminish quick turnover/lack of longterm care
Analysing cultural differences and placing them in proper care context for individual’s needs

Look @ structural issues not just cultural barriers

Question 23

Readings: Experiences of family reunification: A submission to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

main take-aways?

think: what are the problems with the current system? wut is section 117(d)?

Answer 23

Processing time: too slow, needs to be more efficient

Together: families separated over application period have a way harder time completing surveys without error

Information/transparency: no idea what’s happening to their applications- anxiety

Exclusion: age of dependant, adopted kids, 117(9) (d) - fraud not declaring kids shouldn’t punish the kid (useless bill), quota (limits applicants for no reason), minimum income requirements - unreasonable