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The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Amnesty International Canada (AI) and the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) announced the filing of legal submissions in their challenge of the Safe Third Country Agreement, which largely closes the US-Canada border to refugees on 29 March 2006. The submissions, which include an extensive series of affidavits from US experts, argue that the US is not a safe country for all refugees and that the Safe Third Country Agreement therefore violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as Canada's international human rights obligations.
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