Veronica Castro: Mexico

Castro Dept: She had been struggling to stay in Canada since her refugee claim, based on domestic abuse and fear of returning to her family home, was denied a year earlier. In a letter written from the Vanier Detention Centre, Castro said she was scared about her upcoming deportation back to Mexico. She was murdered 33 days later. Evan Mitsui/, according to CBC. For Castro, her letter to her friend now seems prescient and when Veronica Castro was in a Canadian detention centre awaiting imminent deportation back to Mexico, she wrote a letter to a friend saying she feared the worst: "I will really need your prayers." The odds had been against Castro from the start, as claims from Mexico have a high rejection rate 82.9 per cent in 2011. And critics argue the Harper government's Bill C-31, designed to speed up the refugee claim process, will make it even more difficult for refugees from Mexico to stay in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.