European Union Member States: Jason Kenney

Immigration Officials Dept: OTTAWA -- Having dispensed with Canada's first list of countries from which refugee claims will be fast-tracked, immigration officials must now wrestle with the next one, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The first batch of the so-called "designated countries of origin" list, unveiled Friday, includes 25 European Union member states, the United States and Croatia and federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney defends list of nations from which refugee claimants will have cases fast-tracked. In some ways, it will likely be a much more difficult list to compile. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.