Richard Kurland: Immigration Advocates

Refugee Status Dept: And immigration advocates say that means the government can easily handle the latest influx, according to Montreal Gazette. "People have to realize that it's completely under control. It's not the Wild West here," he added. "Canada certainly can manage the flow." The 490 Tamil migrants who arrived by boat on British Columbia's shores last week are a mere drop in the ocean compared with the waves of people who seek refugee status in Canada in any given year. "People don't know that Canada is receiving around 40,000 of these claims all the time, every year, for 30 years. The only reason it suddenly comes to their attention that we have a system like this is when a boat shows up," said Richard Kurland, a B.C.-based immigration lawyer. As reported in the news.
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