Cases: Year and Aid Manitoba

cases: Meanwhile, Legal Aid Manitoba is still waiting to find out how much funding it will get from the province this year, according to CBC. In just over two months from April 1 to June 11, 2017 Legal Aid Manitoba processed 243 immigration cases. Without an increase in funding, by the year 2021, refugee claimants could be waiting more than a decade for their cases to be heard, the report obtained by the Canadian Press states. Last year, 308 cases were processed for the total fiscal year. We're processing applications as they come in, said Dwarka. Alastair Carke, a lawyer with Clarke Law in Winnipeg said an 11-year wait is 'completely unacceptable.' Clarke Law That's a 79 per cent increase over the total number of cases processed last year, said Robin Dwarka, director of finance and labour management at Legal Aid Manitoba. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.