Citizenship And Immigration Canada: Jewish Refugees

Canada Dept: Last year, Citizenship and Immigration Canada unveiled a $500,000 monument at Halifax s Pier 21 in memory of MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 907 Jewish refugees who were refused entry to Canada in 1939. The monument, The Wheel of Conscience, reminds Canadians of our collective responsibility to others, according to The Star. Bill C-4 calls for a balanced refugee reform. In certain cases, the law would prevent recognized refugees from reuniting with their families or from traveling abroad to visit them, limiting their mobility rights for up to five years and minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney says Bill C-4 will punish human smugglers, but in reality the law would punish refugees who have given up everything to reach Canada. But the reintroduction of an immigration bill that punishes refugee claimants for seeking refugee status in Canada suggests that we don t seem to have learned much from the St. Louis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.