Should the Government of Canada Control the Entry of Refugees in the Country?

Should the Government of Canada Control the Entry of Refugees in the Country?
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Introduction
Canada receives close to half a million refugees every year. Some arrive on permanent basis while others as temporary foreign workers and foreign students. The immigration process in the country is carried out based on the goals drafted in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The act was drafted to define the approach through which people can find their way into the country for security purposes. Canada is one of the many signatories to the UN Convention on refugees. In accordance to this agreement, the country is dedicated to protecting the hounded and stateless. Unlike most signatories, the country is one of the few that has implemented laws, which provide an individual the alternative to choose permanent resettlement. Some of the issues that would prompt the government to resettle an individual on permanent basis are humanitarian concerns. This is actually the fundamental reason that prompted the country to redraft its laws to provide this kind of option to interested civil immigrants. However, this was not welcomed by all quarters in the political sector. Critics have argued that the policy is ill advised and has a number of limitations. For instance, they strongly believe that policy has severe economic impacts. The Canadian government should not control the entry of refugees in the country because it is a signatory to the UN, and refugees flee their motherland owing to political instability that disrupts peace.
Refugees are those individuals who are forced by political circumstances and grave human rights exploitation to flee their motherland. The right to seek asylum from maltreatment is accorded to every one across the globe and the fundamental legal tool expressing this right is the 1951 Convention (Moens & Collacott, 2008). Fighting negative views is a significant area that has to be duly addressed while working to protect the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants. Basic human rights have to be accorded to every one irrespective of his or her citizenship. This fact is clearly expressed in the international human rights tools that assure most rights to all people. Canada as an independent country believes in this concept as evident in their policy. Canada has for a long time provided a safe haven for people who face multiple human rights abuses without much interruption from the government. The fact that, many people from across the globe successfully file refugee claims and later settle for several years is evidence to suggest that, the process has been fruitful. Obviously, the refugees system in Canada may pose varying economical and security challenges. However, the pros clearly outweigh the cons.
In Canada, refugees are normally admitted on compassion basis without looking at any economic factor. Considering the fact that their human capital capacities are never taken into ...