Should Canada Accept Gay Refugees?

[Scotty]

You kinda need your citizenship first.

Don't recall reading about a mass of former refugees joining the military either.

Edited January 7, 2012 by Scotty

[Scotty]

That many applied...not all accepted.

They do huh?

Provide a link, because thats BS.

Really? And how do you know that's BS? Did I ask you to provide a link when you said they never return home?

The fact is that the government doesn't even keep records of when people leave Canada. That's one of the things their new legislation will hopefully deal with, so we can find out how many so-called immigrants and so-called refugees actually stay in Canada as opposed to those who simply 'go home' to collect their cheques.

71% of Tamil refugees went home for vacation

[cybercoma]

You have a cite for that? I read often enough about how many refugees get off the plane or cross the border from the states and declare refugee status.

I'm not going to dig up a citation for something that's common knowledge. If you look through Canada's immigration website, I'm sure it will tell you somehwere in there. For example, "Canada relies on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other referral organizations and private sponsorship groups to identify and refer Convention Refugees Abroad to be resettled in Canada" (emphasis mine). http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/outside/convention.asp

Also, there's an agreement in place that refugees must seek status in the country that they initially land in. In other words, if they landed in the US first, they would have to claim status there. Typically, these things are arranged from abroad, through the UNHCR and other agencies, who then work with Canada in regards to accepting a number of refugees.

Edited January 7, 2012 by cybercoma