From Number 38 November, 1992 - Canadian Immigration Hotline

Unscreened "Refugees" & Illegals Bring Tuberculosis

"About 120 people are being checked for tuberculosis after a 15-year-old male student from an Ottawa high school tested positive for the disease 10 days ago. ... The appearance of the disease is another reason to improve testing of immigrants and refugees entering Canada, Ian Gemmill, Ottawa-Carleton's associate medical officer said. ... The infected student came to Canada in January as a refugee. Gemmill declined to say what country he came from." (Edmonton Journal, June 8, 1992)

Immigration Workers Infected By Illegals

"Some would-be refugees are coming to Canada with ... deadly, contagious diseases. Four immigration workers in the Toronto area have contracted tuberculosis from refugee claimants in the last three months, Jeannette Meunier-McKay of the immigration workers' union says. A fifth employee came down with malaria. ... Refugee claimants are required to have medical exams after 48 hours in Canada, but so many are arriving there's a month-long backlog. ... In one incident a week ago, a Sri Lankan woman being treated for tuberculosis escaped from a Toronto hospital to attend a refugee hearing. After hospital officials found her, the immigration hearing room was sealed off for hours while health officials checked it for bacteria." (Toronto Sun, November 7, 1992)