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> it is a thing

Anyone can claim refugee status. That doesn’t make them refugees.

Being a refugee requires showing persecution that one can’t find relief for within the country’s own system [1]. Given Canada has a functioning court system, the second part of the definition is failed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Sta...

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Iran also has a functioning court system w/ both qadi & mufti offering opinions.
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> Iran also has a functioning court system

Fair enough, I should have said credible.

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I'm not enough of an expert in 12er Shia fiqh to say how credible they are-but they are there.
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> But it is a thing.

On a per capita basis, 50x more Canadians move to the US than the other way round.

It's more than just a thing.

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