The US president threatens to commit genocide tonight... and we're all just going to go on like it's a normal Tuesday?
Sean Rehaag
@seanrehaag.bsky.social
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Osgoode Hall Law School Professor | Refugee Law Lab Director | York University | osgoode.yorku.ca/rehaag | refugeelab.ca (he/him)🏳️🌈
![Announcement with the following text:
The Refugee Law Lab at the Canada-US Border
The Refugee Law Lab is delighted to report that we have secured SSHRC Insight Grant funding to study the use of technology at the Canada-US Border. We will investigate border control technologies' human rights impacts, develop open-source AI tools for refugee advocacy, and maintain accessible legal datasets—empowering scholars, advocates, and migrants to challenge discriminatory practices at the Canada-US border.
[Logos: SSHRC, Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreidfpvkmwghywtnpc5v43dh5mtucgsbnfp43ljcdxq2dwsxvukl3mi)
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Okay, let's tackle this question. The user wants me to categorize the refugee case based on the principal claimant's allegations regarding persecution due to sexual orientation or gender identity. [...]
Looking at the document provided, the case is about a claimant who claimed to be in a same-sex relationship and identified as a lesbian or bisexual. [...]
Now, looking at the categories: The options are 1 through 7. The claimant is a woman alleging persecution as a lesbian or bisexual. So, category 2 is "Lesbian woman" and 4 is "Bisexual/pansexual woman." Since she claimed both lesbian and bisexual identities, but the primary category here would be the one that covers both. However, the options are separate. Wait, the question says to pick the category that best describes the group she alleges. Since she's a woman claiming to be either lesbian or bisexual, the possible options are 2 or 4. The question is whether the primary claim is under lesbian (2) or bisexual (4). The document states the claimant alleged being a lesbian or bisexual. The categories are separate, so perhaps the answer includes both, but since we have to choose one, maybe the best fit is 2 and 4? Wait, but the options are mutually exclusive. Let me check again.
The claimant is a woman alleging she's a lesbian or bisexual. Since the categories are separate, but the question asks for the principal claimant's allegations. The claimant's primary assertion would fall under either 2 or 4. However, the question says "the principal claimant's allegations" so if she claimed both, but the categories are separate, perhaps the answer is [HIT MAX TOKENS, WITHOUT GETTING TO AN ANSWER]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreicfibrcbwtc5i5qwu3dp5rasanfdq2ritvozkawiosgv3etnnwvsy)
![Image of a Globe and Mail editorial board article, with a F and an x in red ink
Title: The refugee crisis needs a new approach, not just more money
Excerpt:
[…] Unsurprisingly, the number of claims abandoned or withdrawn before being heard has surged in recent years, accounting for a larger proportion of a much bigger cohort. In 2015, only 5.5 per cent of cases were scrapped before the IRB could make a determination. So far in 2024, 21 per cent of cases have been abandoned or withdrawn by claimants.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreihgq6yzvnuc3ugjv4virmeiz5bhjldacik64rh4cnz7pi7zfukgfq)
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The Globe and Mail
Immigration department received intelligence about huge rise in clandestine US-Canada border crossings last year
[…] The CBSA briefing says that since the border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec was closed in 2023, stopping people immediately claiming asylum with a change to the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., there has been a big increase in people clandestinely crossing the border into Canada.
“Clandestine entry into Canada has grown exponentially since the implementation of the Additional Protocol (AP) to the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA),” says the report entitled “Illicit Between the Ports (BTP) movements: April to September 2023.”
[…] The CBSA intelligence report sheds light on how foreign nationals from particular countries are crossing the border clandestinely from the U.S. into Canada.
It says “human smuggling services are extensive for clandestine entries” and that payments “for end to end services” range from $3,200 to $45,000. People crossing illegally use smuggling networks which vary in sophistication, it says, and the migrants using them are placed in vulnerable situations and often exploited. The routes used to smuggle people are “often very dangerous” and can result in “bodily harm and or death.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreieqv53zr7yenrjyexs4hyalcu7wacxsju6hgseixl5espjca55oba)
![Image of this text: I want to say thank you to Canada for one particular reason. I am a grandpa. If I didn’t come here. If Canada didn’t rescue me, that wouldn’t be possible. But the problem is that the program that saved my life is closed, and people are not coming – people who are at risk, people who were almost killed, and are not protected anymore. Canada is shutting down the door. How many people like me are dreaming to have a grandchild, and it’s not going to happen? […]
I am here, and we are here, representing people: newcomers, refugee claimants, non-status people, people that cross the border illegally and come to Canada, […] people who need your help […]. And our idea is to stand here and say: please help us. Not by giving us money, but by opening your hearts and your minds – that humanity is one, and a passport and a colour of the skin, doesn’t mean anything.
Francisco Rico-Martinez (1958-2021)
Former Co-Director, FCJ Refugee Centre
Former President, Canadian Council for Refugees](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreic4kvmcqdqspu3nlxnlhuixf3qq45ddsmwmjfkm2oxpvwt4mm2wwe)
