Prabhjot Singh had one main goal when he came to Canada earlier this year: to work as a priest in one of the country’s many Sikh temples. And support his young family in the process.
He thought he had found a spiritual home in Abbotsford, B.C. this February, making him part of the little-known system that regularly imports religious workers from India.
But seven months later, Singh claims he’s lost his life savings, faced threats of violence and been left struggling to feed his two children, prevented by his alleged employers and immigration rules from working in Canada.
He blames what Sikh religious leaders say has become a pernicious problem — operators of phoney temples who sponsor religious employees for work permits in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars.
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