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{
"time": "2017-03-06 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Ahmed Hussen (ministre de l\u2019Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4788126\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, our government has been recognized throughout the world for having a compassionate refugee system. We maintain that tradition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4788127\" data-originallang=\"en\">The safe third country agreement is an agreement between the United States and Canada on the orderly handling of asylum claims in both countries. The head of the UNHCR in Canada is on record as stating that the domestic asylum system in the United States is intact, and therefore it would be irresponsible to withdraw from the safe third country agreement. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4788128\" data-originallang=\"en\">If the New Democratic Party wants to get into an argument with the UNHCR, which has expertise on this issue, it is more than welcome to do so. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4788126\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement est reconnu dans le monde entier pour son syst\u00e8me d'octroi de l'asile des plus humain. Nous maintenons cette tradition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4788127\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'Entente sur les tiers pays s\u00fbrs est une entente conclue entre les \u00c9tats-Unis et le Canada afin d'assurer le traitement en bonne et due forme des demandes d'asile pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es dans les deux pays. Le repr\u00e9sentant du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s au Canada a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que le syst\u00e8me am\u00e9ricain d'octroi de l'asile demeure inchang\u00e9 et qu'il serait donc irresponsable de se retirer de l'Entente sur les tiers pays s\u00fbrs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4788128\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si le Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique souhaite se lancer dans une discussion avec le Haut-Commissariat, dont l'\u00e9quipe a des connaissances sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es dans ce domaine, libre \u00e0 lui de le faire. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/3/6/ahmed-hussen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ahmed-hussen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4358/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9406338",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/3/6/",
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}
}