Refugee wins because of
one-child policy
VANCOUVER - Vancouver immigration lawyer
Shane Molineaux says China's restrictive family planning policies
played a big part in the decision to allow his client to stay in
Canada.
The unnamed woman
arrived on the first of four boats that brought all the Chinese
migrants to B.C. this summer.
Molineaux says she was thrilled with the news that she could stay
in Canada. "She has spent four months in prison and it's been a hard
struggle for her to keep her spirits up and when she found out that
she was being released and that she'd won her refugee claim, she was
understandably ecstatic," he says.
So far, thirty-six other Chinese refugee claimants have had their
cases rejected.
Molineaux says another part of his client's refugee claim was the
fact she could be placed in jeopardy if she went home to China.
He wouldn't elaborate further on that risk.
He says the woman will be in hiding while she plans her next
step.
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