Reforms urged to reduce Federal Court’s ‘arbitrary’ dismissal of refugee claims

By Cristin Schmitz ( September 21, 2018, 6:21 PM EDT) -- The Federal Court says it will “closely study” recommendations to reform its practices in refugee cases, following another recent study which indicates that the outcome of life-and-death refugee claims in Canada too often depends on “the luck of the draw” — i.e. which judge happens to be randomly assigned to a failed refugee claimant’s application for judicial review....