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Canada turns away more foreigners, approves fewer visas in border crackdown
The Canada Border Services Agency says a partial systems outage is impacting airports and that it is working to fix the issue. A Canada Border Services Agency patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Far-right success in German elections piles new pressure on Olaf Scholz’s government
FILE - People hold up their cell phones as they protest against the AfD party and right-wing extremism in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 21, 2024. Some Germans are worried about the future of their country after Alternative for Germany, or AfD became the first far-right party to win a state election in post-World War II Germany. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
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No honeymoon for new U.K. leader Keir Starmer after a summer of unrest
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts as he visits a training centre in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, northwest of Paris, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, amid the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
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Far-right state win shakes Germany’s fragile coalition
ERFURT, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 1: Bjoern Hoecke, lead candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Thuringia, gives a press statement at the Thuringia State Parliament following Thuringia state elections on September 1, 2024 in Erfurt, Germany. Initial results show the AfD finishing in first place, at 33.2%, ahead of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) with 23.9% and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) with 15.4%. State elections took place today in both Thuringia and Saxony. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
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German far-right party AfD wins its first state election
Petra K'pping, Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs and SPD lead candidate for the 2024 state election in Saxony, welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the SPD's election campaign finale, in Chemnitz, Germany, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)
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Liberal immigration pivot sparks debate on government’s role in addressing labour shortages
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an International Union Of Operating Engineers (IUOE) conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Trudeau visited several events during his time in Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election
FILE - Luis Gil, a Republican candidate for Franklin County Commissioner in central Ohio, speaks in favor of a constitutional amendment on fall ballots that would prohibit noncitizen voting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)
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International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
Universities Canada president and CEO Gabriel Miller speaks to reporters after appearing as a witness at a House of Commons standing committee on Justice and Human Rights on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 27, 2024. Universities Canada says international student enrolment has fallen below the cap the federal government set on international student visas this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021
Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs Nancy Faeser, second from right, attends the special session of the Bundestag's Committee on Internal Affairs, in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
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International student enrolment has fallen below federal cap, Universities Canada says
McGill University campus is seen Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Under Björn Höcke, far-right Alternative for Germany party is projected to surge in coming state elections
Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the Alternative for Germany in Thuringia (AfD), gestures during an election campaign rally for the Thuringia state elections in Nordhausen, Germany, August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Karina Hessland
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Kamala Harris defends shift from some liberal positions in CNN interview, says values remain same as she ‘seeks consensus’
Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena during a two-day campaign bus tour in Savannah, Georgia, on August 29, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ottawa expands emergency visa program measures for Ukrainians affected by war with Russia
Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine arrive at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Stakeholders and experts say it may be time to offer more permanent status to Ukrainians who fled to Canada from the Russian invasion, but Canada will need to consult carefully with the Ukrainian government first. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Canada’s immigration system is failing recent immigrants themselves
Scenes from around the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 3, 2024. Photographer: James MacDonald
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Poilievre says he would set immigration targets based on housing, jobs and health care trends
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Union alleges abuse of foreign workers, calls for program to be suspended
Using an elevated platform, a worker paints the upper exterior of Convocation Hall on July 21, 2021. The 113 year old Convocation Hall is currently undergoing renovations. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Suspect in alleged Toronto terror plot became Canadian citizen just before arrest
A man facing terror charges along with his son arrived to Canada in 2018 and became a citizen just months before his arrest. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, left, is seen in a courtroom sketch with his son, Mostafa Eldidi, as they appeared via video for a hearing in Newmarket, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
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Justin Trudeau’s legacy will be destroying the Canadian consensus on immigration
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New program pairs Canadian doctors with foreign-trained health-care workers to help learn medical terms in English
Midwife Faiza Abdullah is one of five midwives working at Hawthorne Midwives, serving Milton, Ontario and the surrounding neighbourhoods. Born in Syria, she left as a refugee in 2013, eventually arriving in Canada in 2016. She’s been working as a midwife at the clinic for over four years now, and pulls on her previous international training as a OBGYN to help deliver care to clients. July 29, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
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