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Originally Posted by cornholio
They are not refugees. To be a refugee you must ask for asylum and be granted refugee status. These people are coming from the US where they either applied and we're granted status in the US or applied and we're denied in which case they need to go back to where they came from.
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I understand your position, but I must point out that, legally speaking, being rejected from one country is irrelevant to your right to claim asylum in another country. Presumably, it means that your case is weak, but the whole controversy regarding the US refugee claim evaluation system is that it allows for unqualified officials to arbitrarily reject a claim without it ever going to a hearing. So we can't automatically assume that a claim that was rejected in the States will be rejected in Canada.
But again, unless you've committed any really serious crimes like murder or genocide, Canada is legally obligated to give all and any asylum seekers a fair evaluation, no matter where they've been beforehand.
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