Immigration: Asylum Seekers

Transnational Organized Crime Dept: Human smuggling, a form of modern-day slavery, subjects people to hazardous, sometimes life-threatening, travel by ship or in trucks, in journeys organized by criminal organizations, including recruiters, transporters and escorts, enforcers and debt collectors. Every year thousands die en route to their destinations, according to Globe And Mail. “The Paris meeting is the first of its kind, and a recognition that the issue of human trafficking, and the global movement of asylum seekers, is a global one. Countries face similar challenges, “ said Alykhan Velshi, a spokesperson for Mr. Kenney. Canada is already a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, which outlines tools for co-operation, including information sharing and law enforcement co-operation and jason Kenney’s meeting in Paris with his French counterpart, Eric Besson, will rightly focus on bolstering international co-operation to infiltrate criminal syndicates which exploit vulnerable people in search of a better life. Also in attendance will be immigration officials from Spain, Italy, Germany, the U.K., the U.S. and Belgium. This growing phenomenon takes many forms, from the arrival of undocumented Africans every summer in southern Spain, to the recent landing of 492 Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the MV Sun Sea on the coast of B.C. The fishing vessel sailed through Thai and Cambodian waters, underscoring the need for global co-operation. This week in Mexico, the bodies of 72 South American migrants were found at a remote ranch in the north, apparently massacred by a drug cartel. As reported in the news.
@t criminal syndicates, french counterpart