Refugee Claimants: Tamil Refugees

Riot Police Dept: Both moves met with enormous public approval and, based on past performance, it would be a safe bet that they will actually serve to deter illegal immigration. But despite tough talk from Ottawa, don't expect to see Canada adopt similar tough measures in the wake of the arrival of almost 500 Tamil refugees in British Columbia, according to Calgary Herald. All you have to do is get here and last week, French riot police began dismantling the camps of illegal Roma immigrants as part of a campaign to deport hundreds of the itinerant travelers back home to Romania and Bulgaria, and Australia re-imposed its policy of parking refugee claimants on offshore islands until their claims are dealt with. To do so would require a reversal of almost 30 years of gradual but relentless erosion of immigration restrictions, making Canada about the easiest country in the world to seek refuge in. In 1985 the Supreme Court went beyond international law and decided refugee claimants must be granted essentially the same rights and freedoms as Canadian citizens and those who arrive legally. As reported in the news.
@t immigration restrictions, calgary herald