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Julie Chamagne and Halifax Refugee Clinic

Abdelkader Tayebi: She says she scared Canada will become anti-immigration because of the attacks, according to CTV. It an Islamophobic sentiment that we can't let them in and there are terrorists in their midst, said Chamagne. Julie Chamagne, the executive director of the Halifax Refugee Clinic, is a French national with dual citizenship. Halifax imam Abdelkader Tayebi says the concern is reasonable. But Tayebi, whose mosque intends to help families settle, advises government to be vigilant. I think there is a legitimate concern to have a worry but not an attitude, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.