Refugee advocates hope Canada’s Ukrainian response will set ‘precedent’ for future emergencies

Immigration Canada’s treatment of other refugee groups is ‘discriminatory,’ and ‘everyone trying to navigate the system should have the same standards regarding all entry requirements,’ says NDP MP Jenny Kwan.

A March memo signed by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser about vaccination exemptions for the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program has raised concerns it could lead to requests for 'similar treatment' from those fleeing equally or more dangerous situations.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

December 15, 2022

Following reports that Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada feared that exemptions to Canada’s COVID-19 border requirements provided to Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion would lead to "requests for “similar treatment” from refugees fleeing equally or more d...

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