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Originally Posted by kn
I had been under the impression that Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were all directly impacted by the war. It seems that the program established by the federal government enabled European based Ukrainians to immigrate as well. CUAET references “Ukrainian nationals” so I guess that’s not limited to those in Ukraine but the description of the program indicates that it was set up for emergency travel to escape the invasion.
I just found out that a friend’s cousin, now in Newfoundland, had been living in the Czech Republic for five years, not Ukraine.
I haven’t been able to find statistics on this or any mention of this anywhere.
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The invasion of Ukraine started in 2014. I think the intention of the program was to help relieve the refugee crisis that started at the beginning (i.e. the invasion of Crimea, and the Russian backed insurrections in Eastern Ukraine), not just since the 2022 full scale invasion. Poland for example, had over 1 million displaced Ukrainians even before 2022, and I am sure countries like Czechia had many as well.
Also, the CUAET programs isn't an immigration program.
From the website:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...cy-travel.html
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The CUAET is for Ukrainians and their family members who want to come to Canada temporarily due to the crisis resulting from President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and then return home when it is safe to do so. It is not a refugee immigration stream.
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The Ukrainian nationals who come over using the programs are only offered temporary residency (3 years). If they want to immigrate to Canada, they have to go through the normal immigration process. IIRC, Canada did a similar thing for Kosovar Albanians back in the late 90s and almost all of them returned once the war was over.