Penny wise and pound foolish: a cautionary tale about hearing refugee claims

The Immigration and Refugee Board has rightly reversed a decision to close Ottawa hearing rooms in 2014.

After years of procedural obstacles imposed on refugee claimants, new leadership at the Immigration and Refugee Board has re-oriented the claim process, now placing refugees at the centre of the process, writes ex-IRB chair Peter Showler. The Hill Times photograph by Kristen Shane

Opinion

BY PETER SHOWLER

May 23, 2018

OTTAWA—Last week, the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) announced that it would resume hearing refugee claims in Ottawa. Why is this a cautionary tale? Surely, selecting a regional office to decide refugee claims is a minor administrative matter. In the refugee business, policy decisions based ...

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