Thousands of Ukrainians expected to arrive in Canada before visa deadline

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Ottawa says more than 960,000 Ukrainians were approved to come to Canada through the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET), which stopped taking applicants last July. As of Wednesday evening, almost 250,000 Ukrainians had arrived in Canada under the program, with thousands expected to enter the country before March 31, the deadline for CUAET recipients to come to Canada.

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