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Ottawa Won’t Say if People Misused a Now-Defunct Refugee Residency Sponsorship Policy

  • The Canadian Immigration Department declined to confirm if the refugee permanent resident sponsorship policy was misused before it expired last week due to potential integrity concerns.
  • The policy allowed certain refugees to sponsor family members not originally listed on their initial immigration application, including children and LGBTQ+ partners in countries criminalizing those relationships.
  • Advocates and academics supported the policy for its humanitarian impact, especially for marginalized groups.
  • The department stated it will evaluate new exemption requests individually on humanitarian and compassionate grounds but refused to provide further details about actual misuse.
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Ottawa won't say if people misused a now-defunct refugee residency sponsorship policy

OTTAWA - The Immigration Department refuses to say whether applicants misused a refugee permanent resident sponsorship policy which was allowed to expire last week after Ottawa cited

·Winnipeg, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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