Security Shouldn’t Be Neglected as Canada Accepts More Refugees

Security Shouldn’t Be Neglected as Canada Accepts More Refugees
A Canada Border Services Agency immigrant holding centre in Laval, Que. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
Phil Gurski
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My maternal grandfather emigrated to Canada from Galicia (western Ukraine) during World War I. Although ethically Ukrainian, his passport listed him as a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the very same with which Canada was at war then. As a consequence, he was deemed a national security threat and shipped off to an internment camp (or so my aunt told me—I cannot find his name among the official records).  Nevertheless, more than 8,000 Ukrainians were sent to these camps between 1914 and 1920.
Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski
Author
Phil Gurski spent 32 years working at Canadian intelligence agencies and is a specialist in terrorism. He is the author of six books on terrorism.