A record number of Hungarian refugee claimants arrived at Pearson International Airport in September and October, with an unprecedented 91 asylum-seekers landing in a single day on Oct. 26, according to data obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency. The National Post reports that when Immigration Minister Jason. Kenney visited the airport last weekend, the answers to his first question were myriad: Canada is a safe, multicultural country. It has a quality health-care system and education is free. Economic opportunities abound. It is a “nice place to live.” Canada welcomes newcomers. It pays them welfare. And what of his question about the number of Hungarians who drop their claims? The process takes too long. Toronto’s bed-bug situation is insufferable. From Peter Rehak’s blog EYE on Central Europe.
