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Jason Kenney

By immlawyer

The Minister spoke in Calgary recently. He touched on the recent surge in Mexican refugee claims...but did not seem to acknowledge the situation in that country that is causing so many to flee: On a separate matter, Kenney said he's concerned about a growing trend of illegal immigration from Mexico that saw nearly 10,000 refugee applications from Mexican nationals in 2008, with about 90% of those applications rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Reports have suggested there's been a spike in the refugee claims since Mexican airlines started direct flights to Canadian cities. Much of the increase in refugee claims has been linked by government officials to deadly drug wars plaguing Mexico. "It's just not fair. It's not right for people to jump on a plane, come here, and make a refugee application, even if they don't meet the definition of a refugee," Mr. Kenney said. "The vast majority . . . are actually trying to immigrate to Canada through the back door of the refugee system. I think that's unacceptable; that's basically queue-jumping."

Full post as published by Canadian Immigration Blawg on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).