| ID: | HARP-239 |
| Title: | Soviet immigration to Canada the End of the Refugee Program? |
| Source: | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences; 1991, Vol. 4 Issue 3/4, p139, 17p, 3 charts |
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| Year: | 1991 |
| Pages: | 0 |
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| Keywords: | Canada, government, immigration law, movement and residency, Russia, Latin America, civil and political rights, refugee, Soviet Union, Africa/African, minority rights |
| Abstract: | Analyzes the Canadian government’s policy toward refugees from the Soviet Union, between 1979 and 1990. Preferential treatment given to Soviet refugees compared to those coming from Latin America and Africa; Statutory recognition of refugee status in the 1976 Immigration Act; Canadian refugee flow between 1978 and 1981; Assistance to victims of persecution. |
| Secured: | False |
| Download Article: | Available here |
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