These aren't refugees...
Send them back...refugees don't plan to attend conferences, buy a plane ticket, book hotels....
Who are they?This is not the first conference at which this has happened....
Where are they? How much will it cost to treat them?
When it comes to the dozens of refugee claimants with HIV or AIDS, these are the kind of answers Canadians are not allowed to know.
But you are allowed to pay for it. And you will.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation said it will demand answers on the cost of housing these applicants as excited immigration lawyers trip over each other to get to the trough. It's payday -- and you know who is doing the paying.
Out there somewhere there's 150 refugee claimants, many with HIV, who skipped authorities and didn't leave after last month's AIDS conference.
It looks like an orchestrated campaign of people jumping the immigration queue. While many are in hiding, several have come forward with their sad, sympathetic stories. You have to feel for them but there are rules here. In yesterday's paper veteran Sun scribe Tom Godfrey quoted HIV-positive claimant Amanuel Tesfamichael, 32, saying, "It feels good to be free. I like Canada and the people here."
Sure he does. He will get a full immigration hearing and his HIV problem is now also ours. Sources say the cost of treating an AIDS patient can reach $1 million per year.
And there is the cost of housing these people while they wait for their hearings. Somebody has to stand up for the taxpayer, who has to foot that bill.
posted by GayandRight @ 11:27 AM
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How could you, Fred, of all people be so homophobic and anti-AIDS/HIV+ ? Your position confuses the absolute hell out of me; you should reexamine your morality before you pass judgement on AIDS/HIV+ refugee victims.
The Liberal Party of Canada, our natural government, would never tolerate an opinion such as yours.
Wow. So a gay guy is calling another gay guy "homophobic" now because he has a different opinion than thiers. That's hilarious. Where did it even say anything, anywhere about any of the refugees being gay? And shouldn't everbody be "anti AIDS/HIV"? AIDS is a horrible, fatal disease. What are you "pro AIDS"? Unbelievable.
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