Refugee Protection Act: Immigration And Refugee Board

Globe And Mail Dept: Keeping large numbers of migrants in detention for longer is a feature of proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is expected to table in Parliament as early as this week, according to Globe And Mail. The Harper government has vowed to toughen asylum laws to prevent human smugglers from staging a repeat of the mass arrival of Tamil migrants off Canada's west coast. The Sun Sea incident has sparked warnings that Asian gangs will send more boats to Canada because the country is seen as a soft touch and that would mean that migrants who arrive in Canada in large numbers – such as the 492 Tamils who landed on the British Columbia coast aboard the MV Sun Sea last month – would have to wait two weeks instead of the current 48 hours for their first detention hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board. The changes would also broaden the offence of human smuggling to target ring leaders who induce or aid someone coming to Canada. As reported in the news.
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