Conservatives defend temporary halt on some Syrian refugees
Conservatives defend temporary halt on some Syrian refugees
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/conservatives-defend-temporary-halt-on-some-syrian-refugees-1.2601028
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Sources tell CTV News that a temporary halt to the processing of some Syrian refugees was ordered earlier this year to make sure the types favoured by the Prime Ministers Office were being prioritized.
Department of Citizenship and Immigration insiders told CTVs Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife that PMO staff went through the files to ensure that persecuted religious minorities such as Christians were being accepted over applications from Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Private applications, which are often from church groups, were allowed to continue while the rest were on hold.
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Desloges said she wants to know, however, whether it was a purely procedural audit or if the PMO staff was looking at individual files, as that would be a matter of really serious concern.
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