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Nothing in migration compact tells Canada to ‘open borders,’ says UN refugee agency rep

Also, Kazakhstan celebrates its 27th anniversary of independence and deepening relations with Canada after the historic visit of a Canadian Governor General.

Far right anti-migration groups gather on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8 to protest Canada signing the UN Global Compact on Migration, which Canada endorsed on Dec. 10.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

December 12, 2018

The United Nations global migration pact has sovereignty written into the non-binding agreement, says a representative of the United Nations' refugee agency in response to critics’ suggestions that it’s a “border-erasing p...

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