But again, that doesn't address the fact that.... When I'm speaking about economic refugees, it's not my definition; it's how Canadians perceive it. That's what I would like to ask for help in, because we do have to face the fact that our fellow citizens have this fear that a lot of people who claim to be refugees are using the system to contravene normal immigration processes.
The determination of a refugee as someone fleeing their country for fear of persecution is a very difficult thing to prove. If you're fleeing Mexico, for example, which is supposed to be a democracy, how do you prove that to a Canadian who goes to Mexico on vacation?