The Issue Of Illegal Immigration To Canada

The people movement from one country to another it is known as the immigration. People are looking for a more prosper country lo live in, a country where the human rights are strictly respected and where are fewer restrictions. There are two main types of immigrants: the legal immigrants, who are represented by the persons who accomplish the conditions of the immigration laws and the illegal immigrants, who can not legally cross the borders of one country because of their passport complications and thus they can not legally live in that country.

Because of their developed economies, the United Sates of America and Canada are dealing with the complex problem of illegal immigration. In every year, the number of illegal immigrants from Hungary, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Panama, Central America, Eastern Europe, Ireland and other countries is bigger. In the category of illegal immigrants are also included the failed refugee claimants and the persons with expired visas. Some other people manage to cross Canadian borders as undocumented persons because of the economical reasons. After the terrorist act from September 11, 2001 the United States of America increased their security regulations and that fact enlarged the illegal immigration to Canada. In an immigration statistic report from 2003, the estimated number of the undocumented people living in Canada were somewhere between 100,000 to 200,000. A severe verification of the social insurance numbers is a solution to reduce the illegal immigration to Canada. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is the institution that can support the social insurance numbers verification and also can make sure that the number is still valid by verifying the expiration date.

Comparing to the United States, the illegal immigration to Canada seems like a minor issue. Taking into consideration that Canada has the most liberal immigration and refugee entry laws in the world, it should not be necessary to entry illegally in this country. Regarding the illegal immigration problem, it is also good to be known that the government of Canada started to legalize undocumented people by granting amnesty. During these amnesties, the status of permanent immigrant is established for illegal immigrants in Canada.