This is worthy to add as part of the discussion:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedi...ight-1.3326072
Quote:
Simply put, the fear is that among the refugees will lurk terrorist agents who are coming to Canada to do great harm. But the argument makes little sense. Why would a terrorist spend two years in a refugee camp or risk death on the open seas when he or she could simply buy a plane ticket and fly here?
As Catherine Solyom of The Montreal Gazette points out, those who carried out the attacks in Paris were Belgian or French citizens and could, if they wished, come to Canada without even a visa.
It is important for us to understand that any refugees coming to Canada will come from refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan. They are not from among the boat people or the migrants walking across Europe.
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This is not the first time Canadians and Americans have worried about sleeper terrorists hiding in a migrant population. In 1938, more than 80 per cent of Americans believed that Jews should not be admitted to the US, as they might be Nazi agents, spies or communists.
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