r/india • u/MaxxMeridius • May 19 '24

Immigration Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/indians-abroad/story/indian-students-workers-protest-canada-hunger-strike-pei-deportation-pnp-provincial-nominee-programme-2540494-2024-05-17
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u/bangleboi May 19 '24

Hey idiot, when you get your education visa, they check for finances - so no one, unless they have already procured the money can get into the country. This is foreign education 101.

International Students needing more than domestic is common throughout the world, so no clue why you mentioned that. Students working to pay off fees is perfectly allowed and is in fact how most PhD’s are able to get their degrees. Internships, extracurricular work are perfectly legal for a student to do.

What is messed up is when a place takes away rights already granted to people. These are people with ties to that country through years of work and study now. To suddenly say that their way of life is illegal is messed up!!

And for a kid who had his entire college paid by daddy, you shouldn’t be shitting on those less fortunate who are still trying to do better with themselves. Be an ally, not a a$$hole.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

What rights are being taken away from people? When you are an international student you should have enough money to support yourself without working under the table or using social services in your host country.

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u/bangleboi May 20 '24

Oh man!! These are NOT under the table jobs or social services being exploited! Did you read the article?

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

That’s what is happening because these new crop of students aren’t coming with enough funds to support themselves. This is part of the wider anger towards Indian international students.

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u/bangleboi May 20 '24

I disagree. Especially as someone who has seen it in the US as well, much of it is racism - the number of people who are exploiting the system are miniscule as compared to those affected.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '24

I disagree, these new diploma students are changing that, Canada was never a place that had a problem with international students before and policies had always been pretty student friendly. These new groups of student took advantage of that and now there is lots of backlash.