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Some Canadian refugees are more equal than othersIf you're a refugee or asylum-seeker in Canada, the debt you're saddled with and the health care you get depend on where you're from.CanadaJan 19, 2016
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Ontario prepares for refugee influx: timing and magnitude unknownOntario had sent health care practitioners a memo warning them to brace for a coming influx of Syrian refugees, even though the province doesn't know how many people are coming, and when.CanadaNov 15, 2015
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Canada’s scrambling to resettle 25,000 Syrians but refugee health care may not be restored for ‘months’The Liberals have promised to reinstate health care for refugees but it hasn't happened yet.CanadaNov 12, 2015
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Refugee health cuts: Even those who qualify get turned awayThe federal government's cuts to health care for refugee applicants, and the resulting confusion over what's covered, has meant even people who qualify for care get turned away by physicians who can't stomach the complex paperwork.CanadaJul 8, 2015
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Refugee health cuts violate charter, gov’t has 4 months to change: courtWhy the federal court has ruled Ottawa's cutbacks to health-care coverage for refugee claimants constitute "cruel and unusual" treatment.CanadaJul 4, 2014
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