News Articles Prior to 2011

22 People Make Refugee Claims After Vancouver Olympics

22 people make refugee claims after Vancouver Olympics By Terri Theodore (CP) April 10, 2010 VANCOUVER, B.C. Twenty-two people who came to Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics have made refugee claims in Canada, seven of them members of the “Olympic … Continue reading

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Canada Begins Special Visa Program For Mexican Business Travellers

Canada begins special visa program for Mexican business travellers Could the visa war be over? Canwest News Service April 10, 2010 Almost a year after finding itself in a spat with Mexico over visas, Canada has set up a special … Continue reading

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Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests

Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests By Rachel Pannett The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575172793035491442.html?KEYWORDS=immigration+OR+immigrant+OR+Migrant Canberra — Australia's government said Friday it will immediately suspend processing of any new asylum-seeker applications from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in … Continue reading

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Duceppe May Find A Changed Canada

Duceppe may find a changed Canada Gilles Duceppe: He implies that Canada is a marriage of convenience Travelling the country two decades after the death of Meech Lake, the Bloc Leader should listen carefully Norman Spector The Globe and Mail … Continue reading

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Poverty Stalks The Nation’s Big Cities

Poverty stalks the nation's big cities By Carol Goar, Editorial Board Toronto Star Published On Wed Apr 07 2010 We see it in the deterioration of once-decent neighbourhoods. We hear it from those living on the margins, the non-profit agencies … Continue reading

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Ottawa Short-Changing Ontario Immigrant Programs : Province

Ottawa short-changing Ontario immigrant programs: province By Richard J. Brennan The Toronto Star, April 7, 2010 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/791932–ottawa-short-changing-ontario-immigrant-programs-province?bn=1 Ottawa The federal Conservative government has short-changed Ontario at least $193 million in promised money for immigrant settlement programs, the provincial government says. … Continue reading

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Reining In Refugee Chaos

Reining In Refugee Chaos Martin Collacott, National Post Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has presented Canadians with proposals for the most complete overhaul of our refugee system in more than two decades. His objective is to make … Continue reading

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Cheap Fix For Refugee Problem

Cheap fix for refugee problem A free flight home and $2,000 may be the best way to deal with Canadas longstanding issues with bogus claimants By GREG WESTON, QMI Agency The Ottawa Sun Last Updated: April 4, 2010 2:00am Bogus … Continue reading

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Rejected Refugee Claimants To Be Offered Cash, Airfare

Rejected refugee claimants to be offered cash, airfare Ottawa giving refused asylum-seekers incentives to leave the country By MARIAN SCOTT The Gazette April 2, 2010 Canada will offer incentives to persuade rejected refugee claimants to leave the country, Immigration Minister … Continue reading

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Immigration Changes To Prevent Gaming Of System, Kenney Says

Immigration changes to prevent 'gaming' of system, Kenney says Adam McDowell National Post Published: Thursday, April 01, 2010 Powered by InformImmigration Minister Jason Kenney responded yesterday to critics of his government's proposed overhaul of Canada's refugee evaluation process, saying the … Continue reading

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List Of ‘Safe Countries’ Among Refugee Proposals

List of safe countries' among refugee proposals Immigration Minister Jason Kenny announces an legislation to speed up refugee claims at an Ottawa news conference on March 30, 2010. Measures aimed at speeding up process would divide asylum seekers into two … Continue reading

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Refuting The Claims—-Conservatives Ready To Roll Out Unwelcome Mat To Bogus Refugee Claimants

Refuting the claims Conservatives ready to roll out unwelcome mat to bogus refugee claimants By GREG WESTON, QMI Agency Last Updated: March 30, 2010 2:00am OTTAWA—-The Conservative government is set to roll out the unwelcome mat to the annual stampede … Continue reading

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Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canada’s Refugee System

Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canadas Refugee System AHN News Staff March 30, 2010 6:30 a.m. EST Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced on Monday the start of reforms on the countrys refugee system. For starters, … Continue reading

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Haitian-Canadians Angry With Processing Of Residency Requests

Haitian-Canadians angry with processing of residency requests Applicants trying to be reunited with relatives By Louisa Taylor The Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2010 Frustration is mounting in Ottawa's Haitian-Canadian community as efforts to bring relatives out of the devastated country … Continue reading

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The Real Issues Behind The Face-Covering Debate

The real issues behind the face-covering debate By Janice Kennedy Canwest News Service March 30, 2010 Canadians have long boasted an international reputation for tolerance, and rightly so. We tend to welcome newcomers respectfully and with reasonably open arms. For … Continue reading

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Ottawa Imam Ordered Out Of Canada

Ottawa imam ordered out of Canada Egyptians work permit refused; Muslim community fears further disruption By Jennifer Green The Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2010 OTTAWA—The imam of Ottawas main mosque has been told to leave the country before Canadian immigration … Continue reading

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Skilled Immigrant Visa Backlog Piling Up—Again

Skilled immigrant visa backlog piling up – again Too many applicants in 38 job categories lead to wait of more than 7 years for processing Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter The Toronto Star Published On Mon Mar 29 2010 Despite controversial … Continue reading

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Canada To Reform Refugee System : Kenney

Canada to reform refugee system: Kenney CBC NEWS Last Updated: Monday, March 29, 2010 | 5:28 PM ET Comments 377 Proposed reforms to Canada's refugee system would increase the number of refugees accepted into the country and provide more funding … Continue reading

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Tories Intent On Revamping Refugee System

Tories intent on revamping refugee system The real issue isn't Tory vindictiveness, or whether Jason Kenney was out of line. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is expected to table controversial legislation, promised in the Throne Speech, this week. Heather Scoffield Ottawa … Continue reading

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UN Refugee Chief Wary Of Tory Proposal

UN refugee chief wary of Tory proposal Ottawa The Canadian Press Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/un-refugee-chief-wary-of-tory-proposal/article1510423/ The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is warning that the type of refugee reforms the Conservative government has … Continue reading

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