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Updated December 11, 2020
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 20, 2017 RCMP officers speaks with migrants as they prepare to cross the US/Canada border illegally near Hemmingford, Quebec. Geoff Robins / AFP
Multiple posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook claim Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed an executive order allowing Nigerian professionals a limited period in which to apply for extended “E-visas”.
This is false; the Nigerian High Commission in Canada has denied the claim, and AFP Fact Check found that a picture published with the posts was from an entirely different event.
One post shared more than 500 times since December 7, 2020, and archived here, claims that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had signed an executive order stating that “qualified citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in some special professions are eligible for 10 years Canada E-Visa (sic).”
Canadian Prime Minister did not sign executive order granting special E-visas for Nigerians afp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from afp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.