From 2022 to 2023, there was a 324 per cent increase of international students from Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ont., applying for asylum in Canada.
Kim explained one theory she has for the increase in asylum claims in Waterloo Region is the increased cost of living. She’s had clients who cannot afford to pay for tuition and for the cost of living on their own, so they’re forced to drop out of school, meaning they no longer have student permits.
“Because of the housing crisis, because of the living expenses that are rapidly increasing, there’s only so much you can do on your own to afford all of that, right? Before, if you worked really, really hard, and studied in the day and worked at night, perhaps you could get by a little bit,” Kim said.
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Miller said some of those students come to Canada with the hope of a safe future and a successful career.
“[They] have it dashed quickly when they can’t get a job or get a crappy education and then have to file for asylum in some of the worst case scenarios, and that it’s an uncommon occurrence,” Miller said.
No, it’s in the marketing material sent abroad to recruit students for the benefit of post-secondary institutions that use them to plug gaps in funding. It’s been reported on for a long time how they’re exploited.
If you’re referring to universities as corporate, then yeah more or less. It’s a con game. When issues like this persist and worsen for a long time (I first heard about a more benign form of this issue a good 20 years ago), it’s safe to assume that’s because powerful people want it that way. Public anger is useful as long as it’s directed at responsible parties who get real benefits, not victims of a con. This is the result of corporate and public governance based on numbers and not people.
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Who tells them this? I doubt it’s everyday Canadians.
Global Affairs advertises directly to students (spending around $30 million annually). That’s in conjunction with provinces and institutions.
Additionally, immigration consultants are officially allowed by a couple of provinces (BC, and one other IIRC). They sometimes receive commissions.
No, it’s in the marketing material sent abroad to recruit students for the benefit of post-secondary institutions that use them to plug gaps in funding. It’s been reported on for a long time how they’re exploited.
So they come here due to corporate lies? Yeah I can see that
If you’re referring to universities as corporate, then yeah more or less. It’s a con game. When issues like this persist and worsen for a long time (I first heard about a more benign form of this issue a good 20 years ago), it’s safe to assume that’s because powerful people want it that way. Public anger is useful as long as it’s directed at responsible parties who get real benefits, not victims of a con. This is the result of corporate and public governance based on numbers and not people.