Refugee Claimants

Dept: OTTAWA - The Conservatives were forced to amend their policy on cutting off benefits for refugee claimants just forty-eight hours before it came into effect, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But with a June 30 deadline looming on the proposed changes, the department realized that's exactly how the new rules would apply and officials were forced to get cabinet approval for an amendment and migrants are escorted from the M V Sun Sea in Colwood, B.C.,in this Aug. 13, 2010 file photo. The Conservatives were forced to amend their policy on cutting off benefits for refugee claimants just forty-eight hours before it came into effect last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Tuesday the end of extended health benefits for refugee claimants was never meant to apply to government-assisted refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.