Government officials continue to reassure Canadians that each person who arrives in Canada aboard a migrant ship will be interviewed and assessed one by one to determine whether or no they are involved in any kind of criminal activity. According to Public Safety Minster Vic Toews “Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency will take the time necessary to identify and process individuals [and] and any individuals who endanger national security or who have engaged in the criminal enterprise of human-smuggling will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
This statement came following concern over the identity of individuals entering the country as refugees aboard the migrant ships. Migrant ships can be part of larger human-smuggling and human-trafficking organizations where criminals attempt to take advantage of Canada’s liberal refugee and immigration laws. According to Toews, the goal of the Canadian government “Is not to stall or stop political refugees, or refugees generally…[the goal] is to ensure that our refugee system is not hijacked by criminals or terrorists.”
If these individuals remain in Canada they will be expected to follow the laws that apply to every Canadian citizen. Express Pardons clears Canadian criminal records and helps Canadians enter the US if they have been denied entry.
