Originally posted by Gilbert
In Canada you become a permanent resident immediately after asylum is granted. The same rule applies to Australia and the U.K.
Only this country artificially prolongs the process.
Ironic, isn't it? This is the country that was founded by the refugees fleeing religious persecution from the old world and the words from poet Emma Lazarus' poem The New Colossus are suppose to have deep meanings in this society.
Could it be that the countries you have mentioned accept lesser number of refugees, asylees than the US? I dont know about Canada, but I've heard that getting asylum in the UK, most EU countries, and Australia aren't as easy as it is in the US. Oh well...whatever the answers may be the facts remains still: Canada gives instant PR to asylees and citizenship in 3 yrs.
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame,
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
New York City, 1883
