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Translator error sinks woman’s refugee hearing
A woman claiming political persecution was on the verge of deportation to her native Kenya — after her testimony at a refugee hearing was deemed incoherent and evasive — when it was revealed a Swahili...
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National Post front page for October 5, 2011
Europe nears bank bailout Hudak’s task just got bigger Hockey’s fresh start Translator’s gaffes nearly had dissident deported to Iran
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Echoes of Iran
Mansour Ahani said he was fleeing religious and political persecution in Iran when he arrived at Vancouver airport from Singapore in October 1991. “I am dead if I return,” he wrote in his refugee...
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Eritrean diplomat defects to Canada
An Eritrean posted to his country’s diplomatic mission in Canada has defected, saying he could no longer support his government after its crackdown on political dissent and failure to hold elections....
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Immigration minister axes free eye and dental care for refugees
OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling back a number of health benefits currently available to asylum claimants because if Canadians don’t get free eye and dental care, neither should refugees,...
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Tasha Kheiriddin: Respect for a country starts before you cross its borders
Amnesty International / ReutersAn undated photo of an Australian refugee-detention facility on Christmas Island. Though the civil war in Sri Lanka ended a year ago, the country and its people still...
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Today’s letters: Curious contradiction: Aspiring MP also wants less government
Dave rogers / postmedia newsJack MacLaren, then-president of the Ontario Landowners Association, with his “back off government” sweatshirt at a protest in 2008. Mr. MacLaren is now a Tory candidate in...
View ArticleChris Selley: Canada’s immigration system is badly in need of fixing
“REFUGEE SURGE. Feds vow crackdown as Pearson flooded with bogus Hungarian Roma claims.” That was the Toronto Sun’s front page waxing dramatic last week over a significant influx of Hungarian citizens...
View ArticleToday’s letters: Vacation ideas for your summer holiday
Last week letters editor Paul Russell asked letter writers to suggest vacation destinations for this summer. The responses were limited, but there are some good suggestions here, nonetheless. Explore...
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Robyn Urback: Conservative support for gay rights goes beyond John Baird
Ashley Martyn, social media manager for Justin Trudeau, thinks Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is a lone bird when it comes to advocating gay rights from within the Conservative caucus. Applauding...
View ArticleCaudarella & Evans: No such thing as a ‘bogus child’
In June, 2012, the Canadian government cut funding to refugee health care, on the stated justification that the move would protect our immigration system from abuse. The following two years have seen...
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‘Our housing stock is not strong’: Hotels become shelters as agencies...
Bador Baksh walks into the lobby of the Radisson Hotel in downtown Ottawa and gently shoos away a dozen kids, including his own son, who crowd around two computers set up in the lobby for guests. It’s...
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Hundreds may lose Canadian citizenship, resident status because of one...
When B.C. immigration consultant Xun “Sunny” Wang was convicted last fall of a massive fraud scheme, a gargantuan task still lay ahead for border and immigration officials — sort through his client...
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‘Unique situation’ behind derelict cargo ship MV Sun Sea that Ottawa can’t...
A derelict cargo ship that was used to smuggle nearly 500 Sri Lankan Tamil migrants to the West Coast in 2010 is still languishing at a federal dock in Delta, B.C., even though the government signalled...
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