Cbc News: Asylum Seekers and Shaw

cbc news: That application is still being processed, according to CBC. I have all the sympathy for all the refugees and everyone who wants to come Canada because Canada is definitely a better place, Shaw told CBC News. Parmeet Shaw, 43, applied through Manitoba's provincial nominee program to bring her parents to Winnipeg from India six years ago. But what about processing the files that are already in the pipeline Full coverage Refugees at the Canada-U.S. border Manitoba boosts funds for asylum seekers, calls on feds to step up Since January, about 130 asylum seekers have walked into Manitoba near Emerson. But Shaw is concerned the provincial and federal governments are not allocating enough resources to deal with the current backlog of immigration applications. Winnipeg immigration lawyer Ken Zaifman said refugee claims and sponsorship applications fall under completely separate immigration streams and the processing of one does not impact the other. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.