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Face it, some migrants are totally abusing our immigration system: Full Comment podcast
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (77+ words) Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland details the unmistakable abuse that some people are using to stay in Canada Editor-approved fashion and grooming gifts to get in Canada The Chobe Angels are smashing stereotypes on and off the savannah in Botswana Leopards,…...
Passport applications will be processed with "30 days or free" guarantee
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (386+ words) The guarantee will provide 'a clear and consistent standard' for applicants, said Lena Metlege Diab, federal IRCC minister The federal government is beefing up its accountability for processing passport applications. As of April 1, passport applicants will get a full refund…...
Conservatives want to stop 'abuse' of asylum system: Michelle Rempel Garner
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (90+ words) Although overall immigration levels have come down, there are still significant pressures on the system 'I've never been interested in masking aging or chasing youth,' says Graydon Skincare founder Suspended hundreds of metres above sea level, the attraction will offer…...
FIRST READING: Overwhelmed by asylum claims, Ottawa coped by ignoring security protocols
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1645+ words) 25, 000 people from some of the most dangerous countries on earth received refugee status without ever meeting a government employee The Toronto-based C. D. Howe Institute may typically be an economics think tank, but this week it dropped a shocking expos" of the…...
Jamie Sarkonak: Reopen the asylums
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (467+ words) Tumbler Ridge shooter not the first violent person to be released from psychiatric detention It's a story that plays out again and again in Canada. Another notable case? The Tumbler Ridge shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar (or Strang), had been visited…...
FIRST READING: How claiming to be a refugee became a get-out-of-jail-free card
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1132+ words) For a foreign national facing law enforcement scrutiny, claiming asylum instantly halts the investigation in its tracks An entire accused crime ring claiming refugee status all at once has exposed just how comfortable foreign'suspects'have become with abusing Canada's asylum system....
FIRST READING: Migrants are being screened on the honour system, MPs told
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (834+ words) Any foreigner claiming to be a refugee needs only to click a few boxes on an app before being admitted to Canada Canada is so overwhelmed by refugee claimants that it is now standard practice to conduct security screenings on…...
Growth of food delivery platforms based on cheap, often immigrant, labour: Canadian study
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (880+ words) Food delivery apps have grown exponentially. As researchers show, this growth depends on the cheap labour of young and immigrant workers "The unpaid waiting time is huge for bringing down minimum wage for precarious workers. They're logged on to the…...
No golden ticket: U. K. to end refugees' automatic right to stay indefinitely
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (596+ words) Currently, successful asylum-seekers are granted refugee status for five years. After that, they can claim the right to stay in the country and have access to a wider array of benefits The U. K. will no longer automatically allow refugees granted asylum…...
Man who was denied asylum status in U. K. drowns trying to jump onto ship to Canada
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (439+ words) After living in U. K. illegally for 4 years, the man planned to travel to Canada. When asked by a friend how he would get there, he said: 'Don't worry about it' A man who was denied asylum status in the United Kingdom…...