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E-REFUGEE.CA NEWSLETTER, volume 2 - issue 1
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E-REFUGEE NEWS

- Decline in number of claimants leads to calls for less "anti-refugee"
measures
- CIC guidelines on Algerian failed refugee claimants
- Refugee claim of Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg draws attention
- Judicial review in the Vivier et al. matter

FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

- Ndhlovu on subjective fear and exit arrangements
- Cerda Hernandez et al. on PIF omissions
- Halili et al. on the presumption that official documents are genuine
- The Information Commissioner and M.C.I. et al. on Privacy Act
interpretation (and the dysfunctional workplace)

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

- Mental health cases pending decision raise administrative law issues

INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND LAW

- UNHCR begins planning for voluntary return to Sri Lanka
- MSF "Top 10" list
- The potential collapse of the "Pacific Solution"
- British and European developments