Immigration Department Implements New Rules Targeting ‘Unethical Behaviour’ in Foreign Student Programs

The federal immigration department is implementing new regulations that would allow it to address what it calls “unethical behaviour” among universities and colleges that abuse Canada’s foreign student program. “Amendments would allow the department to effectively respond to integrity challenges and address common occurrences of unethical behaviour that undermines the integrity of the program,” the department wrote in a June 29 “Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement,” which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. In February, Immigration Minister Marc Miller accused some colleges of suspicious practices in accepting large numbers of foreign students, including a portion who promptly claimed refugee protection in Canada. “Ontario over the last three years in their education system has had over 10,000 asylum claims,” he told reporters on Feb. 27. “That isn’t the sign of a healthy system.”...