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OTTAWA An independent review of the Immigration and Refugee Board says there are persistent and systemic problems with the organization that handles asylum claims and appeals, problems it says can’t be fixed without a major shift at the top.
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Currently, the board operates at arms length from the government. Managers and stakeholders have expressed reluctance to alter this autonomy.
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This spending is not tracked within a framework looking at the overall asylum system, canada goose outlet in canada Yeates said, which is why he wants to see an annual asylum budget, based on annual forecast intake and productivity targets.
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