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Erin Simpson – How Canada should react to Trump and refugee crisis
Refugees entering Canada through the US are risking dangerous irregular crossings to avoid detection of Canadian border officials because the Safe Third Country Agreement requires Canadian immigration officials to deny entry...
Jacqueline Swaisland – How Canadian lawyers can respond to Trump’s executive orders
Here are six ways that you can put your skills into action as a member of the Canadian bar to respond to Donald Trump's anti-immigration executive orders.
Warda Shazadi Meighen – Canadian legacy of the life and death of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi
Alan Kurdi never knew peace. Just three years old when he died, he was born in war and died trying to flee it, like many thousands of others...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Precedent Setter Awards 2016
Jacqueline Swaisland receives Precedent Setter Award for cofounding the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program, that has grown to more than 1,200 lawyers worldwide and has helped more than 1,000 refugees in Toronto alone.
Jacqueline Swaisland – Immigration consultants violating rules of refugee sponsorship program
Professional immigration consultants, in partnership with some refugee sponsorship groups, are charging refugees thousands of dollars in arrangements that critics say are unethical and violate federal rules...
Jacqueline Swaisland – How Canadians are Stepping Up
December 22, 2015 | NPR Canada's newly elected government faces a challenge - how to fulfil a promise to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in a matter of months. NPR interviews Jacqueline Swaisland on the matter...
Jacqueline Swaisland – As Syrian Refugees Reach Canada, Many Are Pitching In
December 22, 2015 | KBCX FM
Jacqueline Swaisland – Legal community poised to greet Syrian influx
December 7, 2015 | Law Times While the federal immigration minister has taken heat for vague details on 10,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees, the legal community is also busy preparing for what impacts the influx may bring...
Warda Shazadi Meighen – Can a Picture Change the Rhetoric on Refugees?
September 10, 2015 | New America Weekly Aylan Kurdi, age three, had escaped from Syria and was en route to seek refuge in Canada with his family. He drowned off the Turkish coast. Last week, the widely circulated photo of the infant’s body washed ashore ...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Canada’s Federal Court urged to declare refugee health cuts illegal
December 18, 2013 | Toronto Star Ottawa has breached international laws and the Charter of Rights by reducing and eliminating refugees’ access to basic health care, a refugee advocate told the Federal Court on Tuesday...
Jacqueline Swaisland – Alleged Rwandan war criminal Jean Leonard Teganya pleads for mercy, asylum
January 24, 2012 | National Post
Jacqueline Swaisland – Future of young refugee in hands of Ontario appeal court
April 13, 2011 | Toronto Star In a peculiar case that highlights the competing rights of children, parents and refugees, a dozen lawyers argued in a Toronto court this week over whether a deported 13-year-old refugee should be allowed to return to Canada...
Recent Developments
Recent Decisions
AB v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1540 In AB v. Canada (MCI) the Court examined the Officer’s decision to refuse the Applicant’s humanitarian and compassionate application on the grounds of "moderate" BIOC impact . On judicial review, the Court found that the Officer did not ...
Recent Decisions
Menjivar v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1490 In Menjivar v. Canada (MCI), the Court explored the IAD’s decision to dismiss the applicant’s appeal on H&C grounds under section s.67(1)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, on the basis that the applicant had engaged in ...