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Disability and Immigration Rights Groups Call on Immigration Minister to Do the Right Thing
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Publisher:  Migrant Workers Alliance
Date Written:  11/04/2018
Year Published:  2018  
Resource Type:  Article

Advocates are calling on Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to do the right thing: repeal sections of the Immigration Act that deny permanent residency to an entire family if a member of the family is sick or has a disability.

Abstract:  Toronto -- Migrant Caregivers, disability rights, HIV and human rights, and immigration rights advocates are calling on Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to do the right thing: repeal sections of the Immigration Act that deny permanent residency to an entire family if a member of the family is sick or has a disability and deemed to pose an ‘excessive demand’ on health and social services.

A parliamentary committee recently called on the Minister to repeal Section 38(1)(c); the federal gov...
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