Immigration: Immigration Cases

Dollar Figure Dept: The announcement comes nearly one month into the legal journey of the Tamil migrants, which often takes 21 months. The LSS is mostly funded by the provincial government. It receives money like other kinds of legal aid services, but can’t tap those funds for immigration cases, according to Globe And Mail. In the meantime, the lawyers are being advised that they have a limited amount of hours left for which they can bill, including preparation and actual court time and mark Benton, executive director of Legal Services Society, said the society is nearing the end of its annual immigration budget, of $1.5-million, due to the unforeseen arrival of the 492 migrants, who arrived on the MV Sun Sea last month. “We were running on budget before the Tamil marine arrivals but this has been a substantial increase,” Mr. Benton said. Although he declined to provide a dollar figure of the remaining budget, he said the society is reaching out to the federal and provincial governments for additional funding. As reported in the news.
@t provincial governments, court time