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Bill C: Refugee Status and Immigration

bill c: Earlier that month, 174 East Indian refugees, mostly Sikhs, landed on Nova Scotia's south shore, sparking national debate about the nation's immigration laws, according to CBC. Protesters were pushing to get a new immigration law in place quickly and were hopeful the upcoming Bill C-55 would be more stringent about who can claim refugee status. Roughly a dozen citizens picketed the legislature building on July 26, 1987 and spoke to passersby about how those claiming refugee status can bypass the usual channels of entrance to Canada. A woman signs a petition about Canada's immigration laws in 1987. CBC's Rick Boguski went to the legislature to hear picketers' concerns firsthand. CBC The group may have been small, but in just two days had managed to collect 500 signatures of other Canadians who worried that Canada's immigration laws needed a revamp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.