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IDENTIFY THE CURRENT POLICY AND NEW DIRECTIONS AND/OR ALTERNATIVE
SOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY OFFICIALS OR POLICY MAKERS
CURRENT POLICIES PRIMARILY REFER TO OFFICIAL
LAWS/ POLICIES/ PRACTICES. NEW DIRECTIONS /ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
PRIMARILY REFER TO REFORMS/ RECOMMENDATIONS/ ACTION PLANS TO HELP
RECTIFY A PERCEIVED PROBLEM IN THE CURRENT POLICIES.
IT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO ANALYSE CURRENT
POLICIES, NEW DIRECTIONS AND ANY ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO PROPOSED
CHANGES IN LEGISLATION THAT POLICY MAKERS HAVE DISCUSSED.
EVALUTATING THE GENERAL TRENDS IN THE APPROACHES TAKEN TO
A SOCIAL PROBLEM ISOLATES THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED
POLICY/LEGISLATION, AND LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR (YOUR) ASSESSMENT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Grits church refugee deal ripped
Wed, November 3, 2004
By MARIA MCCLINTOCK, OTTAWA BUREAU
FAILED REFUGEE claimants who seek sanctuary in Canadian churches could
have their cases fast-tracked to Immigration Minister Judy Sgro within 10 days
as part of a deal she's proposing. Sgro came under fire yesterday for offering
churches the deal -- which was rejected -- especially since her department has
failed to implement a refugee appeal division as outlined in the 2002
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act because it would be too costly.
There are currently four cases involving failed refugee claimants who
are seeking asylum in Canadian churches.
Under Sgro's proposal, the churches would have to agree to provide
sanctuary to only 12 cases annually.
'LUDICROUS' PLAN
NDP MP Ed Broadbent called Sgro's plan "ludicrous" and
"offensive" and added he's baffled by Sgro's plan because she
already has ministerial authority to intervene in refugee appeal cases based on
humanitarian grounds.
United Church of Canada spokesman Heather Macdonald said churches are
not going to do the work of the immigration department.
"She said she would not look at our cases unless we agreed to a
proposal ... we're at an impasse now," said Macdonald.
Sgro called her offer to review
"exceptional" cases within 10 days "generous."
IMMIGRATION “SANCTUARY” QUESTIONS
1) WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT
WANT TO MAKE THE DEAL?
(PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THAT CHURCHES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE ON 12
FAILED REFUGEE CASES A YEAR. MS. SGRO HAS VOWED TO FAST-TRACK THOSE APPEALS)
2) SHOULD
THE CHURCH COMMUNITY ACCEPT THE DEAL – WHY OR WHY NOT?
3) IS
ACCEPTING THE DEAL TANTAMOUNT TO “DOING THE WORK OF IMMIGRATION AUTHORIITIES?”
4) IS
THIS A SHIFT IN GOVERNMENT – COMMUNITY RELATIONS ON IMMIGRATION MATTER/POLICY?
5) HOW WOULD
YOU GO ABOUT ADVISING CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS/COMMUNITIES IN REGARD TO THE
“SANCTUARY” QUESTION?
Churches could decide fate
of a dozen refugees, Sgro suggests
Globe and Mail Update
Immigration Minister Judy Sgro Tuesday introduced a proposal aimed at addressing
the increasing numbers of failed refugee claimants who are taking sanctuary in
churches.
Her proposal suggests that churches would be allowed to decide on 12
failed refugee cases a year. Ms. Sgro has vowed to fast-track those appeals.
”In
response to sanctuary, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has
suggested that church accept the mechanism for ministerial review for only
around twelve failed refugee case as year. Why is the Minister presuming to
limit the carefully considered justice actions of churches?” asked NDP MP Bill
Blaikie during Question Period on Tuesday.
In response, Ms. Sgro read aloud a portion of a letter written to her
from Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
”We
were very appreciative of your offer of an interim solution to address the
issue of failed refugee claimants who are currently residing in churches in
Canada,” Ms. Sgro read.
”It is
our belief that this offer was extended in good faith and it was received that
way. It was gratifying to know that you see us as important partners in
addressing refugees' issues and we look forward to continuing our dialogue
together in the future as you move forward on refugee reform,” the letter said.
Earlier this fall, Ms. Sgro announced a review of the refugee
determination process between the government, churches and other stakeholders.
And during the summer, she urged churches to stop granting sanctuary to failed
refugee claimants. Ms. Sgro asked that churches come to her first before
agreeing to give failed claimants a haven.
But historically in Canada, it is a fairly successful way of being
granted asylum in Canada.
Of the 261 people involved in 36 different sanctuary cases in the past 20
years, 70 per cent have obtained legal status. The number of cases has risen
recently, with 24 in the past six years compared with seven in the five years
before that.
With reports from Marina Jiminez
Border Services has right to detain man in temple
CP
July 10, 2007
Vancouver -- A spokeswoman with Canada Border Services says there are
no laws that prevent the agency from entering a place of worship to detain
someone who is on a removal order.
However, Faith St. John said that has never been done because the
agency respects the moral tradition of churches providing sanctuary.
Ms. St. John wouldn't comment specifically on the case of Laibar Singh,
who sought sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple before he was scheduled to be
returned to India on Sunday.
She would not comment on whether this would be done in Mr. Singh's
case.
DOMAIN ANALYSIS
THE ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
CYCLE
1) DEFINE A RESEARCH/PUBLIC
POLICY PROBLEM
2) FORMULATE HYPOTHESES
3) MAKE
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS (DEFINE SPECIFIC TERMS THAT ENABLE
RESEARCHERS/STAKEHOLDERS TO AGREE WHEN THEY IDENTIFY THE ISSUE[S] ENGAGED).
4) DESIGN
A RESEARCH INSTRUMENT (EX: PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED DATA FROM INTERVIEWS/
RESEARCH/ OBSERVATION).
5) GATHER THE DATA
6) ANALYZE DATA
7) DRAW CONCLUSIONS
8) REPORT ON RESULTS