Feds expected to scrap controversial ‘safe-countries’ refugee system: insiders

The Liberals promised to change the Designated Countries of Origin system, but are said to now be open to killing it, scrapping a process that critics say didn't have the intended effect in the first place.
Immigration Minister John McCallum has said he is open to killing the Designated Countries of Origin list altogether, say insiders.
A controversial so-called "safe-countries" system the Harper Conservatives brought in to speed up the processing time of the thousands of inland refugee claims in Canada annually is expected to be scrapped by the Liberal government, insiders say.

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