Asylum Seekers: Immigration

Economic Migrants Dept: Only the U.S., with 39,400, and France, with 35,400, had more asylum seekers. That’s 130 for every million people in the U.S., while the French total was 568 for every million, according to Globe And Mail. Canada’s escalating levels make Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s new refugee act an especially timely and sensible piece of legislation. The Balanced Refugee Reform Act, which awaits Royal Assent, charts a new course. It will ensure that failed claimants, including those on the “safe countries” list, have access to a new appeal, but will be subject to swift removal if their review fails and about 34,800 people sought refugee status, or about 1,045 asylum-seekers for every million people in Canada. Given the nation’s geographic isolation, and the fact that it doesn’t share a border with a refugee-producing country, that is a high number. Canada’s levels suggest that some asylum seekers are economic migrants, seeking entry through the back door. The long wait time for a refugee hearing and lengthy appeals have become draw factors. The OECD report shows that Spain, despite its proximity to Africa, attracted just 4,517 asylum seekers in 2008. Greece had 19,884. Stricter immigration controls, as well as the economic crisis, have likely deterred migrants from Africa from trying to cross the sea into Europe. As reported in the news.
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