Conservatives defend temporary halt on some Syrian refugees

Conservatives defend temporary halt on some Syrian refugees

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/conservatives-defend-temporary-halt-on-some-syrian-refugees-1.2601028

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Sources tell CTV News that a temporary halt to the processing of some Syrian refugees was ordered earlier this year to make sure the types favoured by the Prime Minister’s Office were being prioritized.

Department of Citizenship and Immigration insiders told CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife that PMO staff went through the files to ensure that persecuted religious minorities such as Christians were being accepted over applications from Shia and Sunni Muslims.

Private applications, which are often from church groups, were allowed to continue while the rest were on hold.

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Desloges said she wants to know, however, whether it was a “purely procedural audit” or if the PMO staff was “looking at individual files,” as that would be “a matter of really serious concern.”


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