Refugees Citizenship Canada and Foreign Worker

employer: Advocates say those who obtain a temporary foreign worker permit are tied to a single employer whose name is listed on the document, and if that employer no longer has work to offer, the migrants will have no choice but to leave the country, according to Metro News. They're calling on the federal government to make allowances for those workers under the Refugees and Citizenship Canada said they are closely monitoring the situation in Fort McMurray and "assessing whether and when special measures will be necessary to address the needs of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents in the region."The Fort McMurray area has been a popular destination for temporary workers for the past several years, according to the Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada. They say many of them could face an immediate accommodation crisis, since they often lack friends or family in the area to put them up.A more pressing concern, however, is whether or not they will be allowed to stay in Canada once the blaze is extinguished. The group Alberta spokesman, Marco Luciano, said temporary workers don't usually get jobs in the oil fields around Fort McMurray, but they are often employed in the various lodges and restaurants the oilpatch workers frequent, as well as providing childcare for local families. Already 18 people have made it to Edmonton, and Luciano said their plight is grim."They evacuated only with their working uniform on," he said. "They had no time to pick up anything from their homes, and they came directly to Edmonton yesterday ... They don't know what to do."The displacement is a new and serious obstacle for migrants who must already stumble through the rocky terrain of the country foreign worker program. While he said the exact number of temporary foreign workers in the area was not known before the fire broke out, he expects dozens to reach out for help in the coming days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.