Canada PR: Indian students facing deportation to go on dry hunger stir, say ‘govt has become deaf’— what do they want?

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ALSO READ: Indian students facing 'deportation' up in arms in CanadaThe protesting Indian students have been on a hunger strike for the past four days. Their stir began on May 9.During the agitation, 60 protestors carrying posters and banners demonstrated in front of the Colest Building at the PEI legislature.Jaspreet Singh Sivia, one of the protesters, has blamed the government for disrupting the lives of people who were already in the process of getting permanent residency (PR) in Canada, reported CBC. “There have been no actions taken.

It looks like the government has become deaf," said Sivia. Two Indian students also testified against the policy on immigration cuts in Prince Edward Island's Parliament.The protesting students are mulling to intensify their stir if the government refuses to accept their demands.The affected Indian students claimed that their opportunities were being taken away.The Indian students are demanding that those who came before July 2023 should be exempted from the immigration cuts.ALSO READ: Canada PNP draw: These 2 regions issue another 324 invitations this weekAround 50 Indian students had already left Canada because of the new immigration rules, CBC reported citing an Indian student.Rupinder Pal Singh, one of the protesting students, told CBC that some people were harassing the Indian students by throwing glasses and cans at them and throwing water while they were asleep. According to Canadian news portal True North, Rupinderpal Singh said that as an immigrant, he had to suffer even after he had spent three times more on his education in Canada than Canadian students.“And my friends who work here paid $2500 for the same course.

For two semesters. How fit is that sir? This is where I come