| 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. |
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False |
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Keywords: Africa/African, Canada, civil and political rights, government, immigration law, Latin America, minority rights, movement and residency, refugee, Russia, Soviet Union
