Refugee advocates dispute Canada facing ‘crisis’ over arrival of claimants from U.S. border, NDP says ‘Conservatives misrepresent issue’

Politicians and some journalists have been loose with the words 'illegal' and 'crisis,' which doesn't apply to Canada's situation, says Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, pictured July 16 with caucus colleagues Pierre Paul-Hus, left, and Larry Maguire, right, considers the issue to be a crisis in part because many of the refugee claimants will soon face 'eviction' in August since they’ve been temporarily housed in two college dormitories in Toronto, which are vacant during the summer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ, JOLSON LIM

July 18, 2018

Debate over Ottawa’s handling of the settlement of refugee claimants has both the Trudeau government and the Conservatives trying to bait each other into appearing too soft or too hard on the hot-button issue, but the Tories should be wary of appealing to the baser instincts of voters...

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