Understanding Canada's Private Sponsorship Program

Its origins, features, and consequences

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ID21847700
AuthorsErvis Martani (corresponding author)
Year2024
Issue1
Pages17-32
Publication date2024-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMONDI MIGRANTI (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1972-4888 • E-ISSN: 1972-4896
PublisherFranco Angeli (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3280/mm2024-001002
OpenAlexW4399352564
LanguageEN
References cited26

This article highlights features of Canada's private sponsorship program and ex-plains its consequences and performance. It explores which actors were involved in the private sponsorship, how domestic circumstances stimulated the application of the program, and it discusses its intended and unintended consequences. The author examines the profile of the Syrian refugees and discusses how personal characteristics may affect integration trajectories. Private sponsorship is consid-ered more effective than government-assisted sponsorship as it ensures a smooth-er, faster, and long-term integration of refugees. However, the author argues that personal profiles could play a critical role in integration process, and therefore, measuring the program's performance by only comparing it with a government-assisted program could be challenging

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