Immigration Terms

• Immigration:

  process of people establishing homes, and often citizensip, in a country that is not their native country
• Emigration: the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad
• Push factor:

  Fators that make people leave their home country
• Pull factor:

  Factors that attract immigrants to a country
• Refugee:

  A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in his or her home country
• Economic Immigrant:

  Someone who emigrates from one region to another, to seek and increased quality of living because the conditions or job opportunities in their home country are insufficient
• Humanitarian Immigrant:

  Immigrants who emigrate because they are forced to move
• Provinicial Nomination Program:

  Economic immigration program that nominates people for permanent residence in Alberta
• Demographic:

  To do with the characteristics of populations
• Labour force growth:

  The growth of the labour force or the number of people that can work
• Family class immigrants:

  People who are sponsored by close relatives to come to the country
• Immigration Laws -

  1. Law says who is allowed into Canada
• Immigration Policies -

  1. Policy sets the procedures for evaluating potential citizens
  2. Says how many immigrants are allowed each year 
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002

  • No discrimination
  • Replaced earlier laws that favored British immigrants and barred Chinese and Indian immigrants
  • Established four categories of immigrants
• Objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act - Immigrants

  • Pursue social, cultural and economic benefits for Canada
  • Respect multiculturalism and bilingual aspect of Canada
  • Supports the development of minority language communities in Canada
  • Share the benefits of immigration across Canada
  • Reunite families in Canada 
  • Promote integration of immigrants into Canadian society
• Objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act - Refugees

  • Save lives and offer protection to people who are displaced and persecuted
  • Fulfill and affirm Canadas international commitments to protect refugees 
  • Grant fair consideration to people who claim to be persecuted 
  • Offer refuge to people facing persecution and to people facing torture 
• Point System:

  A policy used to grade potential economic class immigrants based on :

  • Englis or French ability
  • Education
  • Experience
  • Age
  • Job arrangement
  • Adaptability
• Provinicial Nomination Program:

  • Policy that aims to increase the likelihood that immigrants will settle in provinces that need their labor skills  
• Canada-Quebec Accord 1991

  1. Affirms the French Language
  2. Quebec gets first choice of immigrants who speak French
  3. Allows Quebec to require immigrants to attend French schools