Montreal Gazette Dept: Julie Taub's opinion piece contains a number of errors. For example, the Refugee Convention does not say a refugee should make a claim in the nearest safe country, according to Montreal Gazette. In responding to refugee claimants, it is important that we not take uncritically the word of the alleged persecutor and re: "Refugee laws need to be tougher" Opinion, Nov. 3 . Nor does Canadian law create a bias in favour of positive refugee decisions by not requiring Immigration and Refugee Board members to give a written reason for positive decisions. Reasons must be provided for all decisions, positive and negative. As
reported in the news.
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