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Background

The past days have shown that the Canadiangovernment, corporations, and allies in this crisisare complicit in deaths of Alan, Ghalib andRehanna Kurdi. Thousands of Eritrean, omali,yrian, !emeni, and "al#an refugees are dying onthe shores of $ortress Europe% as &atin Americanshave died en route to the 'nited tates of America.

Canada ( )igrant and refugee rights groups acrossCanada are demanding that )inister Ale*ander and+rime )inister tephen arper answer for thedeaths of Ghalib Kurdi, -, and brother Alan, , andopen up Canada to welcome refugees. There arealmost /0 million displaced people around theglobe this year, and over 1-,000 people have diedcrossing borders since 2000 yet the Canadiangovernment only assisted -,340 refugees to resettlein 205

The Facts

Canada has discriminatory refugee

policies6 the number of refugee claimsdecreased by -07 and number of refugeesdropped by 07 between 200/(2052.

The Canadian government profits from

wars6 in alliance with resource(e*tractivecorporations 8 European and Americanpartners, Canada has been profiting fromthe wars, environmental collapse 8economic depressions of countriesresulting in over -2 million displacedpeople.

Deaths abound in the system6 the Kurdifamily died because Canadian immigrationpolicies made it impossible for them tocome here by regular means, but theirdeaths are not an anomaly. 9umerousrefugees are denied access to countriesand face e*traordinary measures to try toget to safety. And over half a millionundocumented immigrants in Canada aredenied healthcare 8 face painful deathswhen they fall ill.

Massive transformation is possible6

German residents have convinced their

government to allow over :00,000 refugeesinto their country while 50,000 ;celandicresidents have opened up their homes torefugees.

For more information go to neverhome.ca

Background

The past days have shown that the Canadiangovernment, corporations, and allies in this crisisare complicit in deaths of Ayan, Ghalib andRehanna Kurdi. Thousands of Eritrean, omali,yrian, !emeni, and "al#an refugees are dying onthe shores of $ortress Europe% as &atin Americanshave died en route to the 'nited tates of America.

Canada ( )igrant and refugee rights groups acrossCanada are demanding that )inister Ale*ander and+rime )inister tephen arper answer for thedeaths of Ghalib Kurdi, -, and brother Alan, , andopen up Canada to welcome refugees. There arealmost /0 million displaced people around theglobe this year, and over 1-,000 people have diedcrossing borders since 2000 yet the Canadiangovernment only assisted -,340 refugees to resettlein 205

The Facts

Canada has discriminatory refugee

policies6 the number of refugee claimsdecreased by -07 and number of refugeesdropped by 07 between 200/(2052.

The Canadian government profits from

wars6 in alliance with resource(e*tractivecorporations 8 European and Americanpartners, Canada has been profiting fromthe wars, environmental collapse 8economic depressions of countriesresulting in over -2 million displacedpeople.

Deaths abound in the system6 the Kurdifamily died because Canadian immigrationpolicies made it impossible for them tocome here by regular means, but theirdeaths are not an anomaly. 9umerousrefugees are denied access to countriesand face e*traordinary measures to try toget to safety. And over half a millionundocumented immigrants in Canada aredenied healthcare 8 face painful deathswhen they fall ill.

Massive transformation is possible6

German residents have convinced their

government to allow over :00,000 refugeesinto their country while 50,000 ;celandicresidents have opened up their homes torefugees.

For more information go to neverhome.ca

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