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Canada yabona ukukhula kwesibalo sabantu ngo-2022, nge ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe ibalwa ngenani elikhulu lezakhamuzi ezintsha eziyizigidi eziyi-1.05.
Kungokokuqala emlandweni wezwe ukuthi inani labantu bakhona likhule ngabantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esikhathini esiyizinyanga ezingu-12, ngokusho kwesitatimende esikhishwe yiStatistics Canada esishicilelwe ngoLwesithathu.
Isamba sabantu sifinyelele ezigidini ezingu-39,566,248 ngoJanuwari 1 – 2.7% ngaphezu konyaka odlule, kanti abokufika babalelwa ku-95.9% walokho kukhula, ngokusho kwesikhungo sezibalo sezwe.
Ngenkathi ezinye izizwe ezithuthukile zibhekana nazo ukunciphisa ukukhula kwenani labantuI-Canada inenani labantu elikhula ngokushesha kunanoma yisiphi isizwe se-G7, futhi izinga lokukhula elingu-2.7% lifinyelela kwabangu-20 abaphezulu emhlabeni jikelele.
Uma inani labantu bezwe belingaqhubeka nokukhula ngezinga elifanayo, lingaphindeka kabili eminyakeni engaba ngu-26, kusho abeStatistics Canada.
Isibalo sabokufika abafika eCanada safinyelela irekhodi lama-437,180 ngo-2022, futhi ukwanda kwabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe “kuhlobene nemizamo kaHulumeni waseCanada yokunciphisa ukushoda kwemisebenzi emikhakheni ebalulekile yezomnotho,” kusho iStatistics Canada.
“Izikhala zemisebenzi ephezulu kanye nokushoda kwezisebenzi kwenzeka esimweni lapho ukuguga kwesibalo sabantu kukhuphuke kakhulu eCanada futhi nezinga lokungasebenzi lihlala liphansi kakhulu,” kwengeza le nhlangano.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-2022 uhulumeni waseCanada wamemezela ukuthi ufuna ukuletha abokufika abayizigidi eziyi-1.5 ngo-2025, ukuze kuqinise igebe emnothweni walo elidalwe abantu asebekhulile.
ICanada isezingeni eliphezulu ku-Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index, kanti idatha yakwaGallup ekhishwe ngoDisemba 7 ngonyaka odlule ithole ukuthi abantu baseCanada baphakathi kwamathuba amaningi emhlabeni okubona imiphakathi yabo njengezindawo ezinhle zokuhlala abafuduki.
Kodwa-ke, i-Statistics Canada iphakamisa ezinye izinselelo ezingaba khona zesikhathi esizayo uma umkhuba ka-2022 uqhubeka.
“Ukwenyuka kwesibalo sabokufika abahlala njalo kanye nesikhashana kungase kubonise izinselelo ezengeziwe kwezinye izifunda zezwe ezihlobene nezindlu, ingqalasizinda nezokuthutha, kanye nokulethwa kwezidingo kubantu,” kusho le nhlangano.
Khonamanjalo uNdunankulu waseCanada uJustin Trudeau ubhekene nengcindezi evela kubaphikisi bezombusazwe mayelana namazinga okufuduka, ngenxa yokwanda okukhulu kwabantu abawela eCanada besuka e-US.
NgoJanuwari, iziphathimandla zaseCanada zahlangana abacishe babe ngu-5,000 abafuna ukukhoseliswa ukuwela ngokungemthetho, ngokusho kwedatha kahulumeni.
