Original author: Media Release
Source: Canadian Council for Refugees
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Date: November 8, 2005


For immediate release

8 November 2005

CCR DENOUNCES UNFAIR SECURITY INADMISSIBILITY PROVISIONS

Montreal. The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) today expressed its continuing concern that the security provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act violate the rights of innocent refugees and immigrants who in no way present a security threat. The lawsuit being filed today by Suleyman Goven addresses a situation experienced by numerous refugees whose rights to due process, freedom of association and expression, equality and security of the person have not been respected by the Canadian Government, despite the guarantees of the Charter.

"The duty of the Canadian government to protect national security is no justification for keeping refugees in indefinite limbo when there is no objective evidence presented that they represent any threat to security," said Janet Dench, CCR Executive Director. "The government also has a duty to protect the rights of non-citizens a duty that seems to be largely forgotten."

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