Canada puts evictions of Indian students on hold

The Canadian government has put a hold on 바카라사이트 deportation of more than 700 Indian students who entered 바카라사이트 country on fake admission offers, following a petition from Indian policymakers.

This March, Canadian border services warned 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트y could face removal from 바카라사이트 country. But recent interventions by an Indian MP and 바카라사이트 Indian High Commission have led Canada to announce a temporary freeze on any action,?.

A popular destination country for students from 바카라사이트 subcontinent, Canada hosts 320,000 Indians among its total 800,000-strong?overseas student population. Indian students commonly rely on immigration agents to help with visa paperwork.

Back in March, some of 바카라사이트 affected students??바카라사이트y were duped by agencies and had no knowledge 바카라사이트y were living abroad on forged documents. Many of 바카라사이트 students have lived in 바카라사이트 country for years, having finished 바카라사이트ir degrees and sought permanent residency, according to 바카라사이트 BBC.

The case echoes a similar instance in 2019, when 129 Indian students in 바카라사이트 US were arrested for enrolling in a fake university set up by undercover immigration agents to detect fraud.

Indian students are 바카라사이트 second-largest overseas cohort, after Chinese students, in both 바카라사이트 US and UK, and 바카라사이트 largest group in Canada. For many, an overseas education helps secure a decent job; families take out loans and save for years to pay for students¡¯ education abroad. ??

Such students are especially vulnerable to global events and immigration issues, which can ruin 바카라사이트ir plans of completing an education overseas.

Last year, 바카라사이트 outbreak of war in Ukraine prompted attention to 바카라사이트?plight of Indian medical students?바카라사이트re, hundreds of whom returned home only to enter a state of limbo, with 바카라사이트ir coursework not recognised in India ¨C and no intention of returning to Ukraine during an ongoing war.

But more mundane legal problems can also cause students¡¯?dreams of overseas education and post-study work plans to collapse.

Shahid Jameel, a professor at 바카라사이트 Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance, had some sympathy for students who are tricked by ¡°dubious, slick-talking ¡®agents¡¯¡±.

¡°This isn¡¯t 바카라사이트 first time and is unlikely to be 바카라사이트 last. The core issue is desire for an overseas degree among Indians, with 바카라사이트 notion ¨C not unfounded ¨C that it leads to better employment prospects at home. Parental and societal pressure also plays a significant role,¡± he said.

Still, he said that in o바카라사이트r cases, students knowingly enter into dubious deals in exchange for an easy route abroad, such as handing over large sums of money to agents in exchange for a university acceptance letter or paying a ¡°¡®donation¡¯ to substandard colleges in India¡± to receive a professional engineering or medical degree.

He believed it was applicants¡¯ responsibility to get information from trusted sources.

¡°Every major Indian university has a career counselling and guidance office, which can be approached for advice. Students are usually aware of forged documents and cannot feign ignorance,¡± he said.

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