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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Interesting point. Mexican officials actually made a pretty similar comment about independent organizations taking fees to broker asylum requests for Mexican immigrants.
Maybe a point of agreement here is that this sort of organization should be subject to closer inspection/regulation.
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I guess my question is how does Canada take steps to stop a problem that seems to be at least somewhat, if not largely, the domain of another nations policing. It seems to me the real issue here is a form of human trafficking, importing people and then charging them a fee, and at least part of that responsibility lies with the exporting nation (my apologies for using import/export like these people are goods, I just couldn't think of a better term and unfortunately they really are being treated as goods). Obviously there is activity in Canada that makes this happen, but it seems to be a two nation issue.
Now I don't know what other measures have been attempted, or what the options are, but doesn't it seem to be a pretty effective solution to make the process more difficult and thereby make this little ploy less effective? Maybe there are less drastic measures to accomplish that goal, but I do think it's an actual issue that needs to be addressed.
The other concern I have with allowing this end run around the immigration process is the impact it has on legitimate claimants. I'm currently in the process of immigration, and while my process is admittedly rather painless, it's still a massive pain. It's odd because I'm usually not a 'them's the rules' type, but it seems tremendously unfair to me that legitimate applicants are getting bumped back in line due to people skirting the system. I keep picturing a line for Splash Mountain and having all these people cutting in front of me, and it drives me into a Hulk like rage.
One thing I will agree with is that it hasn't been handled all that delicately, although I do think some of the Czech anger is more posturing than anything else.