Federal Immigration: Immigration

New Immigration Dept: Former diplomat James Bissett says the government would send a strong signal to would-be smugglers and their human cargo if it got tough now, according to Vancouver Sun. Bissett, a one-time ambassador to the former Yugoslavia and a veteran of the federal immigration department, and other members of the newly formed Centre for Immigration Policy Reform stopped short of saying those arriving in Canada should be deprived a hearing of their refugee claim and people who pay smugglers to get them to Canada are not innocent victims, and the federal government should be more aggressive about sending them home, says a leading member of a new immigration lobby group. "There is one solution to smuggling. That's to send them back," Bissett said Tuesday. "If you send one boat back, you won't get another." As reported in the news.
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