Canada will aid victims of human trafficking.The federal government is acting to help victims of human trafficking in Canada, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. Minister Monte Solberg Monte Kenton Solberg PC, MP (born September 17, 1958 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian Member of Parliament, representing the riding of Medicine Hat in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. , announced. "Helping victims of human trafficking, who are often victims of organized crime, is the compassionate thing to do," said Minister Solberg. "These new measures give us another tool to support our continuing efforts against this serious crime," he added. Working within current Canadian laws, immigration officers will issue temporary resident permits for up to 120 days to victims of human trafficking. The permit will enable victims to begin to recover from the impact of the crime. Victims who receive the permits will also be exempted from the immigration processing fee and will be eligible for health-care benefits under the Interim Federal Health program. The new measures have been designed to enable bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being victims of human trafficking with assistance. "The RCMP and other government agencies will attempt to uncover, report and target traffickers who exploit vulnerable people," Mike Cabana, RCMP Chief Superintendent and Director General of Border Integrity said. Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in 2001 as Bill C-11, which replaced the Immigration Act of 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating Immigration to Canada. also includes penalties of life imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. and fines of up to one million dollars for a conviction of trafficking persons. |
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