Report says Canada's asylum system can't adjust to spikes

Report says Canada's asylum system can't adjust to spikes

May 7, 2019 5:58 pm MST.

Canada’s "rigid" asylum system can’t adjust to spikes in claims, according to an Auditor General report. Melissa Duggan on the "significant backlog" of unresolved claims and why the government says progress is being made.

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