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Cash Infusion: Board and Refugee Claims

cash infusion: The board has hired more than 60 new staff to adjudicate refugee claims, many of which are coming from an influx of tens of thousands of irregular border crossers who have crossed from the United States through non-official entry points, according to Vancouver Courier. The board is warning wait times could grow as it deals with a projected 60,000 new claims this fiscal year, which ends in March 2019. The Immigration and Refugee Board says wait times are around 21 months, but could have climbed even higher without a cash infusion from the federal government.article continues below Trending Stories Pumpkin carving mocks Vancouver's real estate market Drake accuses Vancouver casino of profiling,' not letting him gamble This Trans Link supervisor held a man from jumping off a Vancouver bridge Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history The Liberals set aside 74 million this year to address a major backlog of asylum claims at the board. The Canadian Council for Refugees says successful asylum seekers are waiting an additional two-and-a-half years to become permanent residents a situation the group calls a serious concern that should be addressed. Read Related Topics var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul 2018 Vancouver Courier (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.