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Bill Blair admits to backlog in ‘additional screening’ for asylum requests

February 5, 2019

Bill Blair, minister of border security and organized crime reduction, admitted to a backlog in "additional screening" for asylum claims following repeated questions by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel in Question Period on Tuesday.

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