Depois da conferência de imprensa que não houve no Canadá, eis a conferência para a imprensa: We must separate fact from fiction about Canada and our policy on undocumented workers (por Monte Solberg, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration): Some have claimed that Canadian Border Service Agency removals are increasing and that the Portuguese community has been singled out. These are serious claims. They are also untrue.
Last year, there were almost 12,000 removals from Canada of which 408 were to Portugal.
This year, during the same period ending on March 31, the number of removals to Portugal dropped to 197.
Meanwhile, over the last 12 months, 68 people from Portugal were allowed to stay in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds even though they had entered illegally.
Many others from Portugal entered Canada through proper channels and hundreds more are currently waiting to enter via regular means.
In other words, there has been no change in policy.
