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Refugee Groups: Refugees

refugee groups: The Harper government cut health care for refugees, demonized certain refugee groups, politicized appointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board IRB and brought in a series of punitive so-called reforms to the refugee system the main intent of which was to reduce the number of refugees who reach Canada and make it harder for those who do get here to stay, according to Rabble. Justin Trudeau promised to change the channel on all that, starting with a bold commitment to bring in thousands of Syrian refugees. Please consider supporting his work with a monthly donation Support Karl on Patreon today for as little as 1 per month!One of the key areas in which the Trudeau government has differentiated itself from its Conservative predecessor is refugee policy. But the openly anti-refugee Trump regime south of the border has thrown a spanner in the works. Once asylum seekers have made refugee claims in Canada they can't try the U.S., and vice versa. That's because Canada has a safe third country agreement with the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.