Partner at Silcoff Shacter. Instructor @LincAlexLawTMU. Past @CARLadvocates president. Former @IRB_Canada member.
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30 May 2024
Some thoughts in this piece by @bychelseanash @TheHillTimes that explores immigration removals and a possible regularization program by exploring one family's interactions with the system.
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11 Apr 2024
My thoughts in this article by @masoodfarivar in @VOANews on why Indian migrants crossing from Canada into the U.S. may take extreme risks.
10 Apr 2024
Undocumented Indian migrants chart new path to US via Canada voanews.com/a/undocumented-i…
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19 Jan 2024
Honoured to be working with terrific counsel @lornewaldman & #CelesteShankland for @CARLadvocates and @sujit_choudhry for @SALCOntario to raise such important issues on the #STCA as explained in the @TorontoStar article below by @nkeung.
CARL @SALCOntario are challenging cabinet confidence in a case asking whether the ongoing review designating the US as a safe third-country is lawful. Counsel is @lornewaldman, @MSilcoff and #celestechankland for CARL #SujitChoudhry for SALCO. thestar.com/news/canada/cour…
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Ottawa seeking unprecedented level of personal details from Palestinian migrants, lawyers say. CARL's @ASadinsky comments.
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4 Jan 2024
Some thoughts in the @OttawaCitizen on practical immigration regularization programs ⬇️ @MarcMillerVM @CARLadvocates @CILAvoice @CBA_Immigration
4 Jan 2024
Silcoff: New pathways for immigrants to achieve permanent residence meet the moment ottawacitizen.com/opinion/si…
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21 Dec 2023
#Canada will issue fee-exempt #study & #work permits to Israelis and Palestinians currently in Canada #TempResidence to displaced #Gazans to come here. It covers spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren, parents/grandparents. Pathways start on Jan. 9
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20 Dec 2023
Court rules #Canada's #SecondGeneration #cutoff to deny automatic #citizenship to children born abroad cos their parents also happened to be born overseas #unconstitutional. The Feds is given 6 months to fix the law to comply with #Charter. #LostCanadians
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13 Dec 2023
It's still possible to make this right. My comments in @nkeung's compelling story about a young Afghan man who lives in fear because an email error ended his refugee application.
12 Dec 2023
He's heeded #Canada's advice & is in hiding, rationing his limited food & water supply, as he holes up in #Pakistan, doing everything to avoid police as Pakistani authorities step up efforts to return #Afghan #refugees to #Taliban-controlled #Afghanistan.
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5 Oct 2023
A mistake was made that carries dire consequences, but it can still be fixed. Read about my Afghan client's experience. @nkeung @MarcMillerVM
5 Oct 2023
For a mistyped email address of his sponsor, #immigration officials sent back the #Afghan #resettlment application, then the program quota was met. Now as the rest of his family have been approved to #Canada, he's left behind in Pakistan, w/expired visas
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CARL's @MSilcoff: Expansion of the STCA excludes incredibly vulnerable individuals.
26 Sep 2023
New rules to stem the tide of irregular migrants at spots like #RoxhamRoad have changed who's coming to #Canada to seek #asylum and how they are getting here. The shift, critics say, means the most vulnerable #refugees are being excluded from protection.
thestar.com/news/canada/here…
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26 Sep 2023
The expansion of the #STCA solves nothing. In fact, it creates a more inequitable refugee system by excluding marginalized individuals from protection in favour of those positioned to get visas. My thoughts in this story by @nkeung.
26 Sep 2023
New rules to stem the tide of irregular migrants at spots like #RoxhamRoad have changed who's coming to #Canada to seek #asylum and how they are getting here. The shift, critics say, means the most vulnerable #refugees are being excluded from protection.
thestar.com/news/canada/here…
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13 Sep 2023
Great initiative and happy to be included with amazing colleagues.
13 Sep 2023
@LandingsLaw's #WardaShazadiMeighen has worked with @sanahalwani @LencznerSlaght's to develop #RefertoHer referral lists for senior female leaders in the Refugee and Immigration Law bar. Have a look & refer away!
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2 Sep 2023
Some thoughts on Canada's refugee protection system after the #STCA expansion @amp6 @walone4 @ShaunaLabman @loly_rico @CraigDamian @AbdullaDaoud
2 Sep 2023
Canada tried to close its land border to asylum seekers. More came anyway. reuters.com/world/americas/c… with @walone4
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Maureen Silcoff retweeted
The Honourable @viraniarif has announced the appointment of Negar Azmudeh as a Judge of the Federal Court. She previously served as the Assistant Deputy Chairperson at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in Vancouver. Congratulations to Justice Azmudeh!
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6 Jul 2023
Climate migration is here. My interview on @QRcalgary with @SueAndAndyOnQR on the need for Canada to develop a climate migration policy.
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6 Jul 2023
Today on @SueAndAndyOnQR
6:05 Prepare for an influx of climate migration w/@MSilcoff
7:05 Quebec's Carbon Tax Break w/@taxpayerDOTcom
7:15 The Grammy's & #AI w/@ThatEricAlper
8:05 #Stampede midway logistics w/@NAMIDWAY
8:15 Details on @Mexifestyyc
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4 Jul 2023
Canada is uniquely placed to develop a bold climate migration plan. My interview with @jodyvance on the @MikeSmythNews show @CKNW.
'Is Canada ready for an influx of climate migrants?' by The Mike Smyth Show megaphone.link/CORU477920277…
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3 Jul 2023
As climate migration unfolds, Canada needs a long-term strategy. My views here. @UdaySRana @CARLadvocates
3 Jul 2023
As the Greek migrant boat tragedy and Canadian wildfires lay the crisis bare, is Canada ready to welcome climate refugees? I explore in this piece for
@globalnews.
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19 Jun 2023
Although the SCC didn't strike down the #STCA, it remitted the case for a review based on s 15 of the Charter & its findings on s 7 engagement & safety valves have important consequences. Proud to have rep'd @CARLadvocates w/@ASadinsky as interveners.
decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc…
CARL PRESS RELEASE –Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision on Safe Third Country Agreement Confirms Rights Violations in US and need to examine Gender Discrimination
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19 Jun 2023
Doing so would provide a safety valve to a cohort of women & girls who the govt already said are at heightened risk of "human trafficking and sexual violence" when it recently expanded the STCA and closed Roxham Road.
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19 Jun 2023
Also, some thoughts here on the importance of international refugee standards when implementing border restrictions for asylum-seekers.
usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
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