I'm still curious as to what the screening process was prior to granting this man refugee status. I'd also like to know on what grounds he was claiming refugee status and how much of this was verified.
Was there no police background check done in his home country at all? Also where did he apply for refugee status, In Canada or at one of the foreign embassies?
It's just concerning that someone can be convicted for murder, escape from prison and then get refugee status here under their PROPER name. Not to mention stay here despite Intepol alerts being issued.
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
The problem is it took 10 years for this information to come to light.
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I would argue that it took 6 years. Information was out there since 2005 when Interpol released their bulletin. Nothing appears to have happened on that piece of information, the question is ... why not?
Surely a simple name match in the system might have at least flagged this man given he was here under his proper name.
The only reason he was caught was through the work of the relatives of one of his victims. If they hadn't contacted the cops over here who knows how long he'd have evaded the system.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I think in the cases of immigrants that are either answering to criminal charges here or are wanted for criminal offenses back home the courts should have the instant ability to put them on a plane as part of the criminal process, if they want to appeal, they can write a letter to the immigration department when they get home.
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Isn't it a mandatory part of the immigration process for a police background check to be submitted from any country that you've lived? I thought the rationale behind this was to refuse status to people with less than stellar histories?