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Canada will cancel thousands of refugee claims under new retroactive law (www.thestar.com)

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“This (law) is the most significant rollback of refugee rights in Canada in over a decade,” said Adam Sadinsky of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers. “It’s disappointing that Canada has joined other countries in a race to the bottom in terms of protection of rights for migrants and vulnerable people.”

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[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 hours ago

Theoretically, the government canceling thousands of claims will reduce the waitlist for the claims they don't cancel. Hopefully they keep an exception for Ukrainian refugees, because Canada seems to be pretty good about supporting Ukraine if I'm not mistaken.

I hope your friend's claim doesn't get canceled and that they get to stay. It sucks for the rest of the people whose claims are getting rejected, but narrowing the scope might help Canada better serve a smaller, more manageable number of refugees.

Again, this is theoretical. I don't know the details. I just hope they're not rejecting any Ukrainians' requests for refugee status...