Letter to the editor: On refugee policies: Good intentions are not enough

Notes: "The 'Anglican Journal' made much of the plea by church leaders for fair and generous refugee policies ('Churches call for "fair, generous" refugee policies', April 2017, p. 1). While the headline implies this to be some rather harmless 'virtue signalling', the article goes on to suggest that the church had something very specific in mind -- the scrapping of Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S." "If opening the U.S. border to all and sundry -- economic migrants and refugees alike -- shows Canada's refugee system can be gamed or overwhelmed, do you really think public support will persist ? Anglican church leaders should think a little harder and at least address the impact their preferred measures might have, for, as we all well know, in the real world, good intentions alone do not cut it".

Subjects: Canada. Safe Third Country Agreement; Refugees - Government policy - Canada; Refugees - Government policy - United States; Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. - Canada; Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. - United States; Asylum, Right of - Canada; Asylum, Right of - United States; Refugees - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada