Don’t Forget the Kids: How Immigrant Policy Can Help Immigrants’ Children

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Article Title:Don’t Forget the Kids: How Immigrant Policy Can Help Immigrants’ Children
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/dont-forget-kids-how-immigrant-policy-can-help-immigrants-children/
Published Date:May 14, 2014
Accessed Date:February 17, 2025

Current immigration policies overlook the unique challenges faced by immigrant children, resulting in higher dropout rates for those arriving in Canada as teenagers, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Don’t Forget the Kids: How Immigrant Policy Can Help Immigrants' Children,” authors Colin Busby and Miles Corak assert that various government policies do not take children’s prospects into account, including the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) Program, which, when used as a route to permanent immigration, needlessly separates children from their parents.

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