Global News has learned that in the first nine months of this year, more than 12,000 foreign students applied for asylum to stay in Canada once their student visa runs out.


Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, a total of 119,835 refugee claims were made in... Canada. Of these, 12,915 were claimants who were on either study permits (11,605) or study permit extensions (1,310), the department data said. view more