Canada Plan To Accept 1.45 Million Nigerian Migrants By 2025

By 2025, the Canadian government intends to welcome 1.45 million immigrants from Nigeria and other nations.

Canada promotes immigration as a tactic to assist employers locate workers, according to the 2023–2025 Immigration Levels Plan, which was published on Tuesday.

Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, claimed that the proposal will draw in the talent necessary for important industries including manufacturing, technology, and the medical field.

The most immigrants Canada has ever received in a single year were almost 405,000 last year. With targets of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024, and 500,000 in 2025, the government is maintaining this ambition.

Part of the announcement said, “The strategy also brings an enhanced focus on luring newcomers to different regions of the country, including small towns and rural villages.”

“Last year, we had the greatest number of newcomers in one year in our history. The strategy for immigration levels this year, according to Fraser, will help businesses locate the workers they require, put Canada on a road toward long-term success, and enable us to fulfill important commitments to vulnerable people escaping conflict, violence, and persecution.

Also, Executive Director of Canada’s Building Trades Union, Sean Strickland said, “Canada’s Building Trades Unions are pleased with today’s announcement to increase immigration levels in Canada. Historically it has been through immigration that we have been able to grow our workforce, fill our union halls and build Canada’s infrastructure.

“Increased economic immigration is an important step to addressing labour availability across the country and we look forward to continuing to work closely with Minister Fraser and the federal government to find the solutions we need going forward.”

Canada is one of the top destinations of Nigerian youths, who relocated after the #EndSARS protests in October 2020 for education and unemployment purposes.

With Nigeria’s unemployment rate at a new record high of 33.3 percent, the mass exodus known as the ‘Japa’ phenomenon is popular amongst youths.