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Monday 18 June 2012

Letter to the Editor in the Globe and Mail




... Not from me, mind you, but still worth reading.  Jason Kenney is repeating history - it's not too late for him to change his approach, but if he doesn't, history won't be looking very kindly on him.

Roma persecution

The article No Real Refuge in Canada (June 15) makes the case that Roma refugee claimants will be adversely affected by Bill C-31. That is true enough, but overlooks how these refugees are faring under the current law.

Roma refugee claimants in Canada are primarily from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, and the rejection rate for each of these countries in 2011 was over 90 per cent. It is the Immigration and Refugee Board, the independent tribunal that adjudicates refugee claims, which clings to the fallacy that persecution is unlikely in EU democracies.

Max Berger, immigration lawyer, Toronto

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