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advertorial, August 18/1999

"REFUGEE BOATS.

! usually take a . break from the writ-

I ing of my weekly reports for, the North
|. Shore News during the summer parlia-
_ mentary recess, mainly because feder- “.
al political issues tend:to drop to the .
back burner when Parliament is not In™

session. : For.’ the past few.’ weeks

though, my. “office has been inundated

with calls and letters from constituents

regarding the arrival of. two boatloads .

of refugee claimants oft the coast of

: Vancouver Island. Asa result, I decided |
| to write this mid- -summer repost. about -

our Tefugee processing system.

BACKGROUND.

- Canada’ 5 immigration laws used to per: :
: mit Immigration: Officers . at.-our. ports of:

entry to make. decisions, based on experi.

exists in Canada today.’ ‘Unfortunately, the
Government. 1as - steadfastly
: ven atternpt to fix. the: pro

“and

“pending the outcome of the judicial review.

- Once a Federal Court decision has been |
- rendered, the ‘claimant ‘may appeal that -

decision to the Federal Court of Appeal in”
cases where the Judge who rendered the ©
decision “states that a serious ‘question of

general importance is involved.” :
Canada also provides a ‘separate clas- :

sification + (the °., . Post-Determination

: Refugee Claimants’ in’ Canada Class) for'

individuals who were “rejected for refugee.
status, “yet ‘feel they: would be at risk on!
return to: their country of origin.” PDRCC’

applications are automatically sent ‘to: ae
“all unsuccessful inland . ‘refugee.
° claimants, and if the applications . are.

successtul,. the once- rejected claimant: is

- permitted to: apply: for, permanent resi-

- ence’ ‘and training; whether ° to admit, or.
F. turn away,’ | refugee claimants. It was the.
“Singh ‘case, taken ‘all: the-way to the. :
j . Supreme Court “of: Canada, which’ ruled -
‘these: “provisions | unconstitutional,
resulted: in the : expensive; : Vand: lengthy, :
earings’, ‘and: “appeals process which -

: “The final option available to unsuccess- .
; ful refugee claimants: is to’ apply. to: have .;

their cases ‘reviewed on humanitarian’ and :

Oe compassionate, grounds | at'a local immi- |

gration office.

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“Analysts at Statistics a
Canada say, “The longer «.-”

higher the level af’,

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