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How Rich Chinese Migrants To British Columbia Get Away With Destination Deception

Chinese Immigrants' Destination Deception Cost B.C. $2 Billion
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Immigration experts have described the ease with which thousands of rich arrivals have been deceiving Canadian authorities about the province in which they intend to live, with enforcement of destination pledges being trumped by constitutional rights to freedom of movement.

The scale of deception has been revealed by a South China Morning Post investigation into the troubled Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), the federal version of which was shut down in June, although Quebec's provincial version continues to operate.

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