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October 18, 2016

Act now to process refugees, Bishop Crosby tells minister

CCCB president Bishop Douglas Crosby, pictured here in a file photo, urges federal immigration Minister John McCallum to speed up the processing of refugees.

OTTAWA – The president of Canada's bishop conference has written a to the federal Immigration Minister urging immediate government action to unclog delays in processing refugee applicants in order to preserve "confidence" in the refugee sponsorship program.

Published in Canada