SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Economic Globalization, Saskia Sassen, Canada Border Services Agency
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Women at risk program - accept women who are vulnerable to abuse in camps and such to come into a country. Canada violates human rights rule - if a person arrives on land and claims refugees, if they do not meet the suitability criteria they would send them back. Thus suitability criteria does not apply if a person manages to get within boarders of canada refugee vs refugee climants. 2 meanings of refugee -1)common sense , broad inflight asylum seekers. In 2007 they accepted 14 000 people, they were understaffed which meant the. Right now acceptance rate of climants is 35% 1)do not usually have a refugee profile form) women were more likely not to be apart of opositional political activities. Political activists (men are more likely to be actors in a public. Usually people in prison, tortured, seen as legitimating their claim.
