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Canadian study permits issued to Indian students saw an 86% drop in the fourth quarter of last year, from 108,940 to 14,910, amid diplomatic tensions..
Canada's Immigration Minister, Marc Miller, attributes the decline to India ejecting Canadian diplomats and the diplomatic dispute over the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.iStock..
The number of study permits Canada issued to Indian students fell sharply late last year after India ejected Canadian diplomats who would process the permits and fewer Indian students applied due to a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, a top Canadian official told Reuters...
Gurus Ubramanian, counselor for the High Commission of India in Ottawa, said some Indian international students were looking at other options besides Canada due to "concerns, in the recent past, regarding lack of residential and adequate teaching facilities" at some Canadian institutions...
Indians have formed the largest group of international students in Canada in recent years, with more than 41% - or 225,835 - of all permits going to them in 2022...
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