Origins System: Asylum Claims and Canadian Press

origins system: But those advocating for the government to do something before backlogs threaten the integrity of the system say they are running up against a Liberal government seeming to have lost interest in spending any more money or political capital to help asylum seekers, according to CTV. The starting point is the designated country of origins system, which determines how fast asylum claims are heard based on where they are from -- a system that should, in theory, help 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 giving some of its authority over to the Immigration Department itself. 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. 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. Elements of the program have already been struck down by the Federal Court. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.