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Originally posted by Nightmare

The refugees also provide much needed diversity to our landscape. They also help fuel and sustain struggle for freedom and human rights in their country of origin. Srilankans did that for many years by contributing to LTTE. Khalistani are doing the same by contributing money and providing a platform. Recently Kamal Nath, India’s minister for Roads and infrastructure was embarrassed in Toronto. The Jamaican Gang members supply drugs to the desperate youths of Canada and thus provide life line. Further, influx of refugees provides well paying jobs to many Canadians in these desperate times. Many NGOs are actively involved in raising money for them, Refugee boards employ judges and administrative staff, rent buildings and employ clerks, police and border security requires many more people to be employed. If you are well connected to the party in power, then you can buy a motel and that will be leased on long term basis at handsome rental by the refugee boards. The Government needs to construct low cost housing to accommodate them and LINK classes employ thousands of teachers to impart knowledge of English and French. List is unending. Thus Refugees contribute to employment growth immensely and benefit to the country.

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Originally posted by pratickm

BS spread by some interest group or other.

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Here is the rebuttal from the Canadian Council for Refugees:

http://www.ccrweb.ca/refassistrebut.html