New data show 69% of illegal border-crossers are being granted asylum

Misc CDN | 206628 hits | Oct 22 12:03 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog

The acceptance rate for the border-crossers is even higher than the 63-per-cent overall rate for asylum-seekers in 2016.

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by N_Fiddledog
Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:06 pm
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/201 ... sylum.html
by N_Fiddledog
Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:09 pm
"Almost 70 per cent of refugees who illegally cross the U.S. border into Canada are granted asylum here, despite the widespread public view that these border-crossers are not real refugees in need of protection.

The data were released this week by the Immigration and Refugee Board."

Since January, The RCMP have intercepted more than 15,100 people entering through unguarded border entry points from the United States, after President Donald Trump came into power and issued a series of executive orders to expedite deportation of foreign nationals and ban immigration from certain countries.

Of the 10,790 asylum claims received from March to September of this year, the refugee board has processed 592, or 5.4 per cent. Of those claims 69 per cent, or 408 cases, were granted asylum, while 141 were rejected. Forty-three other claims were either abandoned or withdrawn.

The acceptance rate for the border-crossers is even higher than the 63-per-cent overall rate for asylum-seekers in 2016.
by N_Fiddledog
Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:16 pm
I disagree with the conclusion the Red Star seems to be jumping to here.

Either they selected the 5% they've processed to offer a media-friendly result, like they did with the selected "" politicians were waiting for, holding gift baskets in front of media cameras when the first wave of Syrians arrived at the airport, or they're so swamped with boarder-jumpers it's easier to just stamp "passed" on the applications.
by Vbeacher
Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:02 pm
What the Star failed to point out was that the overall acceptance rate for refugees has risen from 38% under Harper to 68% under Trudeau in just two short years. The IRB is now guided by sunny ways, and an overall mentality that, if someone is unhappy where they are, and we can make them happy here, well then, it would be cruel to stop them.

Of course, it helps that if you turn someone down you have to fill out long, complex legal forms to justify your decision in order to defend it from appeals. If you accept them, then you can just move on to the next case. That's powerful incentive if you're facing a backlog and pressure from your bosses to get through it as fast as possible.
by N_Fiddledog
Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:01 am
We seem to have already forgotten, but remember this one from a few weeks ago.

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - A Somali refugee who had been on a watch list over extremist views faced five counts of attempted murder and terror charges on Sunday after Canadian police said he stabbed a police officer and ran down four pedestrians with a car in Edmonton, Alberta.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cana ... SKCN1C61FP

Think it's the last time we'll hear a story like that?

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