Refugee Determination System: Rajini Subramaniam

Rajini Subramaniam: Two recent cases illustrate how Canadas immigration and refugee determination system is failing to protect parents from making that unfair decision and to fulfil its legal responsibility to pursue the best interests of the children involved, according to The Star. After landing with her young toddler, she moved to Markham to live with her husband and soon gave birth to a second Canadian-born child. When Subramaniams refugee claim was rejected, the family hired an immigration consultant and was given incorrect information about the recently implemented changes to the system and Its a heart-wrenching choice that no mother should have to make. Do you leave your children behind to have a chance at a better life in Canada or take them with you to a place that is completely foreign to them and where their lives may be at risk? Take Rajini Subramaniam, who made the agonizing choice to leave behind her 4-year-old and 7-year-old daughters after she was ordered deported from Canada. Subramaniam, a 39-year-old Tamil woman who fled Sri Lanka during the armed conflict, came to Canada in 2008 and filed a refugee claim upon her arrival in Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.