Trudeau, Sturgeon Respond To Refugee Ban: "Welcome To Those Fleeing Persecution, Terror And War"

Zero Hedge ^ | 01/28/2017

[SeekAndFind]

In response to Trump's immigration ban, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted on Saturday afternoon "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada."

To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 28, 2017

Moments later, his statement was echoed by Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon, who retweeted Trudeau's comment and added "Welcome to Scotland too."

????#WelcometoScotland too. https://t.co/ICmmBgr8Rf

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) January 28, 2017

We look forward to how the respective electorates of Canada and Scotland will react to this latest example of Twitter diplomacy, and whether Trump will soon be calling for a wall along the nothern border next.

[Kickass Conservative]

These people do know that the so called Ban is only temporary until we can review our Immigrant Refugee Vetting procedures, right?

Will Trudeau donate Troops to help maintain Safe Zones for the Syrian Refugees?

[albertabound]

this awhole does not speak for all Canadians any more than Obama spoke for all Americans

[albertabound]

why would that be..are hoards of hockey stick wielding Canuckleheads pouring over the border

[albertabound]

All refugees are thoroughly vetted..it’s the law...not a good time to spread unsubstantiated rumours...lets leave the fake news to the lefties

[albertabound]

rather a smug comment...posting opinion as fact in this sensitive era helps no one...this exerpt..

Two stage screening process for refugees coming to Canada

In a recent opinion piece in The Tyee, immigration lawyer Laura Best writes that Canada can safely meet its commitment to resettle 25,000 refugees by the end of the year. How?

Best explains the UNHCR (United Nations HIgh Commissioner for Refugees) has been on the ground in Syria’s neighbouring countries for years now.

“And they have a robust screening process before they’re even placed to be eligible for re-settlement. So that involves being screened for criminality, security threats and being screened for credibility.”

Only 1-2% of the refugees that are registered with the UNHCR agency are ever placed into the resettlement pool, and they are heavily vetted before that’s done.
Canada taps into that vetted pool.
Then Canada re-does its own security screening, including medical, criminal and background checks by the Canadian Visa office abroad, which involved coordination with CSIS, the RCMP, looking at international databases like Interpol, and often re-interviewing applicants.
“Canada is pre-selecting, pre-screening overseas before they ever make it to Canada.”

[ThePatriotsFlag]

...and we will soon have a Muslim country on our northern border.

[Vision]

"Diversity is our strength."

lol. Dumber than a rock. Ask Germans how that's working out.

[Caipirabob]

Oh Canada, yer gonna need more KY...

[cyclotic]

Trudeau just handed Kevin O’Leary another campaign promise.

[ronnie raygun]

looks LIKE WE NEED A NORTHERN WALL TOO

[PA-RIVER]

I was in Toronto two years ago. The murderous misogynist Islamo Nazi cult is well represented there.

Justin will get lots of people killed.

[mythenjoseph]

What a complete moonbat...son of a gun is going to cost our republic 100’s of millions protecting the Canadian border. He (truadea whatever his name is) needs a severe flogging , another pretentious idiot giving away the store.....

[JBW1949]

Point taken..............

[proud American in Canada]

I apologize for the “riff raff”...Did not mean to be “smug”.

But it is a fact that if a person can get to Canada, there are huge forests that could hide someone with bad intentions.

P.S., My best friend here (in Quebec) grew up in Alberta. I would love to see it one day.

Thank you for the information; I am glad to hear about the screening process.

Come to think of it, when I moved here I had to undergo medical testing etc. And we had to do interviews to make sure that I wasn’t marrying my husband just to come to Canada.

I just thought that the process was different for refugees.

[madison10]

I apologize, but I did not mean Canadian refugees. The USA is being sent “Syrian” refugees who are actually male Somalis. They may be “vetted,” but not enough.

[TigersEye]

Yes, that’s it exactly! /s

[TigersEye]

Five dead in shooting in Canadian mosque 1/29/2017

[VaeVictis]

So who is persecuting the muslims civilians?