2,1 Millionen vorübergehende Einwohner werden in diesem Jahr abgelaufene oder auslaufende Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen haben. Aber werden sie Kanada verlassen?

Will they? Probably not. Should they? Absolutely, or else it should jeopardize their chances of PR at all. It was refreshing to read an article on the topic from a lawyer who laid out the essential privilege basis of citizenship. No one has an inherent right to anywhere. There are rules, processes, and discretion exercised by sovereign nations as to who and how many get to come in through immigration avenues. It shouldn’t be a big cognitive jump to realize that, yet in so many articles there’s this underlying sense of entitlement to PR success. I have to say, this was a refreshing read.

The vast majority will leave on time. Another group will straggle and try to make staying undocumented work, but eventually also leave within a couple years because that life sucks. A smaller portion will stick around long term, but the longer they stay the harder it gets. Your life is basically on hold.

The problem isn’t going to fix itself, but the majority of temporary migrants coming to Canada would still have a better life back home than thy would be while undocumented here, because we make living without documentation extremely difficult, which is by design, because there are other ways to encourage departure beyond enforcement.