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*In 2021, Canada had 777,000 workers on temporary work permits. <ref>https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220622/dq220622c-eng.htm</ref> | |||
*Migrant workers are typically paid very low wages, and are not provided with adequate living conditions. They perform labour in sectors that Canadian citizens are less inclined to fill based on poor working conditions (i.e. agriculture, accommodation and food services, administrative and waste management and remediation services). <ref>https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220622/dq220622c-eng.htm</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:46, 11 January 2023
A migrant is "a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons. The term includes a number of well-defined legal categories of people." -International Organization for Migration
Examples of people who would be defined as migrants
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