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By immlawyer

Few can argue about the necessity of refugee reform. I suppose the devil will be in the details. As a former refugee protection officer I saw many manifestly unfounded refugee claims. Given the stakes involved, and to paraphrase an old legal maxim, I would rather see 10 manifestly unfounded claims succeed than see 1 genuine refugee turned aside. I am hoping that the Refugee Appeal Division becomes a genuine safeguard against 'false negative' decisions, and I hope that stereotypes about a particular 'safe country' does not result in an impossible burden for a claimant.

Full post as published by Canadian Immigration Blawg on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).