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Citizenship and Immigration committee  But I do think it's a dangerous precedent to set by doing something like mandatory detention—

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I think Canada should be commended on its outstanding reputation toward refugees. Canada is the only country to have received the Nansen medal for refugees. As you said, irregular arrivals by boat are a very small percentage, but I believe that under the current bill peop

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's clear that the refugee determination process does cost money. That's not something that we're denying. It's a matter of how we spend our money. We think detention is not the right way to spend it.

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there's the assumption that refugees only take from Canadian society. By investing in refugees and refugee claimants while they're here, they become better members of our community once they are accepted as Canadians. For example, detaining people can have horrible effect

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the measures the bill proposes do not punish human traffickers. They punish the refugees who pay for human trafficking services. Actually, in the committee meeting on April 26, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration talked about deterring passengers as the most imp

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I appreciate your comments, and it's true the backlog is unacceptable. I made a friend in my first year who was a refugee claimant, who only just recently, last month, received her hearing. During that time I finished a university degree. I think in matters of expeditiousness i

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. Thank you very much for hearing our testimony today. We are honoured to speak before you on behalf of a group on the McGill campus called B. Refuge. For the past four years, B. Refuge has worked to facilitate interactions betwe

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When our generation assumes the political positions that you now occupy, we do not want the burden of correcting past mistakes. While we are welcome participants in Canada's democracy, and our testimony at this hearing is proof of that, it is you who are its current caretakers. W

May 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Kelsey Angeley