No timeline yet for program to temporarily grant permanent residency to refugee claimants at front lines of pandemic: Mendicino

'We recognize the extraordinary work done by many vulnerable people to care for other vulnerable people, including asylum seekers, and we are, of course, looking at ways to recognize the invaluable support they've given to Canadians at a very difficult time,' says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured on June 8, says he hopes to share details about the government's program to temporarily grant some refugee claimants permanent residency status in the 'not too distant future.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Palak Mangat

June 17, 2020

The federal government appears to be finalizing details around the process for temporarily granting permanent residency status to some refugee claimants working on the front lines of the pandemic,

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