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... The committee pressured government for a more humanitarian immigration policy. At the time, Canada's policy towards refugees was in the hands of Frederick Charles Blair, the Director of the Immigration Branch. Blair, a known antisemite whose attitudes mirrored the ...
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... in the city in 1750. Now home to the Canadian Museum of Immigration, Pier 21 was the main gateway for one million immigrants who ... displaced persons after the war. Newcomers were greeted by immigration officials who processed their documents, medical staff who ...
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... of remaining Jewish displaced persons in Europe. Canadian immigration policy also changed as the flow of immigrants grew so large that an ... Europeans were removed, and in 1950, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship was created. ...
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... text on the left-hand side of the frame, “ Paul Herczeg's immigration visa, 1948 ”. > > There's no documents from before the ... Images: Paul Herczeg Family Collection, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (DI2013.1027.1) Directing: Helgi Piccinin; Editing ...
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... side of the frame. > > Canada was not an option for immigration from Europe. First of all, it was very difficult, it would have ... once the war began. And Canada was not about to change its immigration regulations from an earlier period of time. ...
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... I didn't get a visa. I came here as a tourist. I told the immigration department that, “I am here. I bought a farm. I want to stay ...
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... In the end, most countries maintain their restrictive immigration quotas and refuse further Jewish immigration. ...
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... as the Great Depression, leads to major changes in Canadian immigration policy. The number of accepted immigrants is reduced by 80%. ...
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... Resources, because that was the Ministry which took care of immigration. [00:44-00:56] Cut to black-and-white photograph ...
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... would be solved. As far as Canada was concerned, the immigration regulations that were in effect from the pre-war years still were ...
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