Coronavirus: Canada to offer residency to asylum seekers on pandemic front lines

Canada is to offer permanent residency to asylum seekers who put themselves at risk to care for coronavirus patients, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday.They will be able to apply for residency for themselves and their families if they had submitted their application by March 2020, even if their demand had already been rejected.The measure will apply to asylum seekers who have helped directly care for the sick in a health clinic, a nursing home or a household, Mendicino told a…

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