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SUPPLEMENTARY MEMORANDUM ON PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE
SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION OF 1984 ON HONG KONG (FCO/FAC/16/89)
SUBMITTED BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
Immigration and Nationality Policies of Australia, Canada
and the United States
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CANADA
Immigration
1.
Successive Canadian governments have sought to bring about a
gradual increase in the country's population. The postwar decline in the rate of natural increase has given added importance to net
immigration.
2. A target figure for immigration is set annually. This is
currently between 150,000 and 160,000 made up as follows:
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Family reunification category
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Government assisted refugees
Privately sponsored refugees
Refugees landed in Canada
Humanitarian (special measures)
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Selected workers: principal applicants
Spouses and dependents
Business immigrants: principal applicants
Spouses and dependents
Retirees
57,000
13,000
10,000
7,000
3,000-6,000
21,000-24,000
24,000-28,000
4,000
9,000
2,000
150,000-160,000
3.
Persons who have been accepted as permanent residents are
normally given landed immigrant status on arrival. (This is
approximately equivalent to what we call settlement). Applicants
who do not fall into the family reunification or refugee categories are assessed on a points system which takes into account education, job skills and experience, employment prospects and personal