Striking Disparities: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Immigration And Refugee Dept: But it s not always easy to sort out genuine refugees from bogus ones, including people who just want to jump the queue. Ottawa s gatekeeper is the Immigration and Refugee Board, which has a $117 million budget, a staff of 1,000 and a set of procedures to sort out these matters. But as Star writer Nicholas Keung has reported, much seems to depend on the luck of the draw, according to The Star. Such striking disparities naturally lend themselves to a concern of bias, says Osgoode Hall law professor Sean Rehaag, who has been analyzing this data for years. In 2007 he identified similar massive disparities in decision-making and canada has long been a refuge for people fleeing danger. Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government expects to take in 250,000 immigrants this year, including as many as 29,000 refugees. One adjudicator, David McBean, has rejected every one of the 169 asylum cases that have come his way since 2007. Andrea Wojtak and others had rejection rates of 90 per cent or more last year. At the other end of the scale, adjudicator Cathryn Forbes granted asylum in every case, and Stuart Mutch in more than 80 per cent of claims. As reported in the news.
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