TORONTO REFUGEE LAWYERS SEE CLIENTS ‘PANICKING’ AS NEW FEDERAL LAW LIMITS ASYLUM CLAIMS | By Kate McGillivray, CBC News

" […] 'We’ve been seeing a ton of now-ineligible refugee claimants come to our centre seeking help,' said Joshua Eisen, in-house lawyer at the FCJ Refugee Centre in Toronto. 'People are very panicked, very, very anxious.' […]"

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Toronto refugee lawyers see clients 'panicking' few federal law limits asylum claims | CBC News

Nearly two months after the Canadian government passed a new law limiting how and when refugee claimants can apply for asylum, some Toronto lawyers say they’re seeing the results in their offices — and mobilizing to challenge the law in federal court.

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