Aiming at Civic Integration? How Canada’s Naturalization Rules are Sidelining Refugees and Family-Class Immigrants

With a naturalization rate above 80%, Canada is a world leader in granting citizenship to immigrants and refugees. However, policy changes over the past decade — which we identify as falling within the “civic integration paradigm” — have led to a steady decline in both citizenship applications and a...

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Yayımlandı:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/remi,
Asıl Yazarlar: Nakache, Delphine, Stone, Jennifer, Winter, Elke
Materyal Türü: Article ou chapitre numérique
Dil:Anglais
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Revue européenne des migrations internationales 2021
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Online Erişim:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Özet:With a naturalization rate above 80%, Canada is a world leader in granting citizenship to immigrants and refugees. However, policy changes over the past decade — which we identify as falling within the “civic integration paradigm” — have led to a steady decline in both citizenship applications and attributions. This paper takes a closer look at the reasons for this decline. In particular, we examine who fails in meeting the mandatory citizenship knowledge and language requirements such as members of the family class and refugees. We also show that Canada’s naturalization rules have become highly econocentric.