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Ottawa to give failed refugees cash and a ticket home

posted Aug 27, 2011, 3:46 PM by Milorad Borota   [ updated Aug 27, 2011, 4:27 PM ]

By Tom Godfrey ,Toronto Sun First posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 05:43 PM EDT
TORONTO - A controversial policy that will enable Ottawa to buy airline tickets for failed refugees and give them up to $2,000 each to leave Canada is slated to take effect in June next year.
Failed claimants under a Balanced Refugee Reform Act can use the $2,000 when they return home for education, vocational training, job placements or business pursuits, federal immigration officials said.

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