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Thai victims of human trafficking can stay in Canada

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Nineteen 19 Thai farm workers who were victims of human trafficking are being allowed to stay in Canada another two years so they'll have time to apply for permanent residency.

In what could be a precedent-setting case, the workers no longer face being sent to jail or deported.

The workers paid recruiters in Thailand up to $10,000 each to bring them to Canada to work for employers who in some cases were abusive.

"[The ruling] is empowering for workers," said Cathy Kolar, an immigration specialist who represented the workers at a hearing of the Canadian Immigration Board, which decided in their favour. "It's empowering for future victims, because this sets a precedent [that] Canada is not going to dispose of you."

For full article:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/06/21/wdr-thai-human-trafficking.html

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