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Refugee Board: Sean Rehaag

Sean Rehaag: An exhaustive study into how refugee claims are handled in Canada has raised disturbing questions about both the fairness and quality of decisions that could be matters of life or death for thousands of people seeking asylum. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Mr. Rehaag's study, subtitled The Luck of the Draw, also exposed inconsistencies in dispositions from the Federal Court, which serves as an appeal court of last resort for claimants who were turned down by the refugee board. DALE CUMMINGS / The study by Osgoode Hall law Prof. Sean Rehaag found "vast disparities" in the decisions of different members of the Immigration and Refugee Board IRB , which is often the first official stop in the refugee-claim process for those who wash up on Canada's shores or who arrive by other means. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.