Canada (Ottawa) pressed to fast-track immigration for Ukrainians

Federal immigration officials are already expediting existing applications from Ukrainians seeking to come to Canada either permanently or temporarily. But as the invasion by Russia continues, a greater urgency is being attached not just to processing those files but accepting thousands more people now pouring out of the country as fighting intensifies.

Changes could be coming as early as Thursday as work continues behind the scenes to tweak existing immigration requirements, most notably that Ukrainians need a visa to enter Canada to visit.
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