Studies Law: States and Refugees

studies law: The order also put a three-month hold on all visits to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries, according to CBC. Co-organizer Brodie Noga, who studies law at McGill University, said he was inspired to act by the freeze on refugees and his work with an Iranian citizen who was refused entry into the United States under the ban. The 12-hour research-a-thon responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order last week that indefinitely bans Syrian refugees from entering the United States and put a four-month freeze on refugees from other countries. I don't feel that it's right that Canada be complicit in any way with these refugee bans, he said. CBC Unjust agreement Refugee advocates in Canada say Trump's executive order casts new doubt on Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States, which holds that the U.S. is a safe country for refugees and restricts those who can claim refugee status at the land border between the two countries. The Montreal edition of the law student research-a-thon united law students from McGill University, Universit de Montr al and the Universit du Qu bec Montr al. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.