Refugee Advocates: Human Smugglers

Illegal Migrants Dept: It is a package of measures that met widespread criticism last fall from the Opposition, refugee advocates, and the Canadian Bar Association, according to The Star. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews rejects that characterization. “Those weren’t penalties. Those were consequences of arriving illegally,” he said Tuesday after the arrests and oTTAWA—Days after the arrest of four alleged “human smugglers” behind the 2009 arrival of 76 illegal migrants aboard the Ocean Lady, the Conservative government is bringing back a bill to end what it calls “human smuggling.” Many critics supported a bid to increase penalties against smugglers, but the Bar Association concluded: “The principal targets of the bill are the refugee claimants themselves, whether genuine or not.” As reported in the news.
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