Refugee claims are ineligible for legal aid in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, leaving some claimants who cannot afford their own lawyer without representation
“There are huge right-to-counsel and access-to-justice issues that have arisen from this,” Julie Chamagne, executive director of the Halifax Refugee Clinic, told Reuters. She said refugee clinics providing legal aid in small communities are struggling to meet the needs of newly arrived asylum seekers.Article content
One refugee claimant in New Brunswick, originally from Colombia, said through a translator he and his family are struggling to fill out claim paperwork without legal assistance because they cannot afford a lawyer. The federal government hired risk mitigation company Xpera on a C$4.5-million contract in February to work with asylum seekers in Atlantic provinces, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada .Article content
Xpera referred questions to IRCC, which said it is investigating and that “such actions would be out of the scope of [Xpera’s] mandate,” adding that Xpera has been told not to intervene in completion or submission of claim forms or provide advice to applicants.
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