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Around 1,500 Indian students launch hunger strike over Canada work‑permit rejections
✍️ Hindustan Times
🗓 19 Aug 2026, 11:39 AM
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About 1,500 Indian students began a demonstration and hunger strike on July 24, protesting the retroactive denial of their post‑graduation work permits, which could render them inadmissible to Canada.
The protest, involving roughly 1,500 Indian students, was launched on July 24 and includes a hunger strike to draw attention to recent immigration decisions. Participants allege that Canadian authorities have retroactively cancelled their post‑graduation work permits, a move they say jeopardises their legal status and future employment prospects in Canada.
Students contend that the sudden revocation makes them potentially inadmissible to the country, effectively blocking the pathway from study to work that many international graduates rely on. They are demanding a clear explanation of the policy change and a reversal of the decisions affecting their permits.
The demonstration has remained peaceful, with organizers coordinating the hunger strike to maintain pressure while avoiding violence. Officials from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs have been briefed, but no official response from Canadian immigration authorities has been released as of now.
If the situation is not resolved, the affected students risk losing the opportunity to gain Canadian work experience, a key factor in their career plans and long‑term immigration aspirations.
Students contend that the sudden revocation makes them potentially inadmissible to the country, effectively blocking the pathway from study to work that many international graduates rely on. They are demanding a clear explanation of the policy change and a reversal of the decisions affecting their permits.
The demonstration has remained peaceful, with organizers coordinating the hunger strike to maintain pressure while avoiding violence. Officials from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs have been briefed, but no official response from Canadian immigration authorities has been released as of now.
If the situation is not resolved, the affected students risk losing the opportunity to gain Canadian work experience, a key factor in their career plans and long‑term immigration aspirations.