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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 928010" data-attributes="member: 12952">VANCOUVER, Canada – For years, Canada has had one of&nbsp; the most generous immigration policies in the world, welcoming tens of&nbsp; thousands of asylum applicants who claim to be fleeing persecution in&nbsp; their homelands.&nbsp;But Canada’s Conservative government has begun rolling up the welcome&nbsp; mat, stepping up efforts to track down and deport thousands of&nbsp; asylum-seekers whose applications have been denied.&nbsp;The clampdown is likely to be felt not just across Canada, but in the United States.The most dramatic change is set to take effect at the end of June, with a $540 million &quot;balanced refugee reform&quot; program designed to speed up the asylum review process and start slicing through a backlog of more than 42,000 refugee cases, many of which have been awaiting a decision for years.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The tough new timelines call for asylum applicants to be given a hearing within 90 days or even less for refugees from some countries, with most appeals heard within an additional 120 days, accompanied by stepped-up enforcement to eject those who fail to prove they would be persecuted if sent home.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 928010, member: 12952"] [B]VANCOUVER, Canada – [/B]For years, Canada has had one of the most generous immigration policies in the world, welcoming tens of thousands of asylum applicants who claim to be fleeing persecution in their homelands. But Canada’s Conservative government has begun rolling up the welcome mat, stepping up efforts to track down and deport thousands of asylum-seekers whose applications have been denied. The clampdown is likely to be felt not just across Canada, but in the United States. The most dramatic change is set to take effect at the end of June, with a $540 million "balanced refugee reform" program designed to speed up the asylum review process and start slicing through a backlog of more than 42,000 refugee cases, many of which have been awaiting a decision for years. The tough new timelines call for asylum applicants to be given a hearing within 90 days or even less for refugees from some countries, with most appeals heard within an additional 120 days, accompanied by stepped-up enforcement to eject those who fail to prove they would be persecuted if sent home. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/canada-s-tightening-policy-on-asylum-might-be-felt-in/article_5891453d-d984-5edd-9ad3-143f4ccd5ab0.html#ixzz1jjFGYe9Q]Canada's tightening policy on asylum might be felt in US[/url] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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