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patc, Sábado, Julio 26, 2003 - 22:33
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Richard Cuthberthson

The opening plenary of Saturday’s “Teach-In

Several activists spoke at an afternoon session about immigration issues. Marco Luciano, from the Immigrant Workers Group, described how the neo-colonial policies of the United States had forced many Filipinos to leave their country searching for work. He pointed out that Canada, like other wealthy nations, depended on exploiting cheap labour in order maintain economic growth. Sarwat Viquar followed with an account of the difficulties faced by Pakistanis trying to immigrate to Canada. She described in a larger context how working classes from developing countries were often unfairly criminalized by Canadian Immigration simply because they were poor and sought better opportunities. Finally, Basher, a Palestinian refugee who faces deportation, described the squalid conditions and lack of rights suffered by refugees in southern Lebanon. From personal experience he explained the significance of subjective immigration policies and on the lives of “stateless

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