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Asylum Claims: Origin System

asylum claims: But those advocating for action before backlogs threaten the integrity of the system say they are up against a government which seems to have lost interest in spending more money or political capital to help asylum seekers, according to Brandon Sun. The starting point is the designated country of origin system, which determines how quickly asylum claims are heard based on where they are from a system that should, in theory, weed out unfounded claims faster. One of the options on the table, multiple sources have told The Canadian Press, is rejigging the historic Immigration and Refugee Board and handing some of its authority to the Immigration Department. Internal evaluations have shown that hasn't quite worked and the system has drawn the ire of refugee advocates for creating a two-tier approach that includes unworkable timelines for hearing cases and their appeals. But a planned January roll-out was postponed after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump and the subsequent Liberal cabinet shuffle that brought a new immigration minister. The Liberals had been on the cusp of doing away with it, going even farther than their original promise to use an expert panel to determine which countries belonged on that list. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.