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Refugee Claimants and Controversial Changes

controversial changes: The Federal Court has ruled against controversial changes to health-care coverage for refugee claimants, the latest in what is becoming a lengthy list of stinging legal rebukes to the governing Conservatives, according to The Chronicle Herald. This is particularly, but not exclusively so as it affects children who have been brought to this country by their parents, she wrote in a decision released Friday and In her 268-page decision, Justice Anne Mactavish denounced the cuts as cruel and unusual treatment, particularly to the children of claimants who have sought refuge in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.