Immigration and borders legislation known as Bill C-12 has received royal assent. It will mean thousands of asylum seekers have their claims terminated.

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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.”

    • grey_maniac@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      Major capitalist megacorporations are exploiting things behind the scenes in both countries. Canadian bureaucracy has just slowed it down more.

    • FosterMolasses@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I can definitely tell you that. The UK was fine up until a couple years ago. Now everyone seems more enraged about migrants here than those sensationalist stories I used to read about civil unrest in Sweden.