Hari Amrita, Wang-Dufil Chen
Feminist Institute of Social Transformation, 1424 Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada.
Faculty of Law, Beijing Institute of Technology, No.5 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
J Int Migr Integr. 2023 Mar 24:1-19. doi: 10.1007/s12134-023-01026-8.
Canada's migration management has been evolving into a two-step model since the 1990s, creating pathways for temporary residents to apply for permanent status through federal and provincial programs. The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unprecedented challenges but also holds the potential to be a key policy moment to re-imagine Canada's migration future. In this paper, we draw on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 16 Chinese temporary residents, to reveal some of the successes, opportunities, as well as challenges, limitations, and conspicuous cracks in these new policies intended to maintain high levels of immigration during the pandemic and through Canada's post-pandemic recovery. We review some of the recent pandemic-related policy measures that strengthen Canada's current two-step migration model, which created more opportunities for temporary residents within Canadian borders to transition to permanent resident status, while restricting the eligibility of overseas applicants. The lived experiences of Chinese temporary residents can provide useful lessons as Canada determines which pandemic measures to make permanent.
自20世纪90年代以来，加拿大的移民管理已逐渐演变成一种两步走模式，为临时居民创造了通过联邦和省级项目申请永久身份的途径。新冠疫情带来了前所未有的挑战，但也有可能成为重新构想加拿大移民未来的关键政策契机。在本文中，我们通过对16名中国临时居民进行半结构化深度访谈，揭示这些旨在在疫情期间及加拿大疫情后复苏阶段维持高水平移民的新政策的一些成功之处、机遇，以及挑战、局限和明显漏洞。我们回顾了一些近期与疫情相关的政策措施，这些措施强化了加拿大当前的两步走移民模式，该模式为加拿大境内的临时居民提供了更多向永久居民身份转变的机会，同时限制了海外申请人的资格。在中国临时居民的实际经历能为加拿大决定将哪些疫情措施永久化提供有益借鉴。
