BC Civil Liberties Association and Canada

criminal cases: The five, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, comprise both criminal cases and admissibility cases, which determine who can make refugee claims, according to Globe and Mail. More Related to this StoryHas Canada seen the last of the boat people Top court to give new scrutiny to human smuggling casesNew fast-track rules see big drop in refugee asylum claimsThe BC Civil Liberties Association is an intervener in a case involving dozens of undocumented Sri Lankan Tamils who arrived on the coast of British Columbia aboard the MV Ocean Lady in 2009. Four of the five cases involve Sri Lankan migrants, and the fifth involves a Cuban man who fled to Canada, where he was denied refugee status after being convicted of human smuggling in the United States. The BCCLA will argue that a section of the federal government Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is too abstract and therefore unconstitutional. In doing so, it undermines the constitutional rights that are based upon measuring the purpose of legislation and its effects. What the government has done in this case is try to convince the court that the purpose behind this legislation is much broader than it really is, Daniel Sheppard, a lawyer for the BCCLA, said in an interview on Sunday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.