About 15 per cent of guests at Canadian AIDS conference claimed asylum
Robert Blanshay, a Toronto immigration lawyer, said making an asylum claim by attending a conference or sporting event in Canada is often one of the few ways people can get to safety.
Blanshay said Canada already makes it difficult to get a visa for legitimate purposes, and to claim asylum.Visa applications are often denied if an applicant doesn’t prove they have enough reasons to stay in their country of residence, such as a stable job, financial savings and family ties. An internal report last November that assessed the Immigration Department’s handling of the conference suggested “the need to have better coordination of high-profile events, ensuring that partners are engaged early on and that they remain in constant, continued and detailed communication.”The report said there were some shortfalls within the department, such as a system glitch that made it difficult for some applicants to include an event code used to organize event attendees in a database.
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