Artykuł w Toronto Star krytyczny w stosunku do treści wcześniej przytoczonego materiału z National Post, zarzucający obecnemu rządowi konserwatywnemu ograniczanie aplikantom możliwości obrony swoich praw.

…All refugee claimants will have 15 days from the moment they arrive to submit a written application (in English or French) setting out the elements of their refugee claim. If they cannot find an interpreter, a lawyer or a trustworthy person who can assist them, they will miss the deadline and be deemed to have “abandoned” their refugee claim. No need to worry that a refugee might be sent back to persecution because she missed an impossible-to-meet deadline, because the minister knows she is a fraud anyway.

The legislation also lets the minister deem non-citizens as “irregular arrivals.” These designated “irregular arrivals” will be automatically detained for one year without warrant and without review. Children under 16 won’t automatically be detained — the minister will get to choose whether to detain them with their parents or wrench them away from their parents for a full year. If one of these detained refugee claimants manages to persuade a decision-maker that she is a refugee, the law will deny her the ability to reunite with family members for a minimum of five years…

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