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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 frank letter 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