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Claire Roque from the Philippines has been in Canada鱿鱼视频app refugee determination system since 2011.

鈥淚 am still a refugee. Any refugee will have fear,鈥� Roque told The Catholic Register, after being elected at the council鱿鱼视频app annual general meeting Dec. 2.

She hesitates to talk too much about her own case, but she鱿鱼视频app aware that her new position heading up Canada鱿鱼视频app premier organization advocating for refugees gives her credibility.

鈥淭o have personal experience puts me at a great advantage,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hen I say (to a refugee) I know how you feel, it鱿鱼视频app because I truly know how they feel. I鈥檓 not just saying it.鈥�

Roque works daily with people who have arrived in Canada and claimed refugee status. She is employed by the as a 鈥渕inistry specialist for inland protection of refugees.鈥� She started there as a volunteer in 2011 and a year later was employed full time.

Roque, who will serve a two-year term as president, is not the first refugee to hold the position. She takes over from Loly Rico, co-director of FCJ Refugee Centre, who came to Canada from El Salvador in 1990. The was established and is supported by the Faithful Companions of Jesus.

鈥淔or the members of the , it鱿鱼视频app a long-standing priority to make sure we have people with refugee experience among the leadership of the organization,鈥� said Canadian Council for Refugees executive director Janet Dench.

Roque is grateful for the support she鱿鱼视频app had from London Bishop Ron Fabbro.

At the Detroit-Windsor border crossing, the London diocese refugee ministry is seeing increased numbers and people from all parts of the world, Roque said. 

鈥淲e do have refugee claimants from everywhere,鈥� she said. 鈥淛ust this summer alone, Haiti 鈥� the ones who have crossed through Montreal have found their way to Windsor also.鈥�

As president of the CCR, Roque hopes to push Ottawa into clearing the backlog of cases caught in the system.
鈥淭here is so much backlog that the processing times are just cruel,鈥� she said.

The national refugee advocacy organization hopes Ottawa is listening when a refugee speaks for refugees.

鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app disappointing to see Canada really not stepping up and not doing more for refugees,鈥� Dench said.

鈥淭here鱿鱼视频app a lot of strong passion and commitment to pressing for more.鈥�