National Security Link Needed to Bar Spy Service Members Under Immigration Law: Court

National Security Link Needed to Bar Spy Service Members Under Immigration Law: Court
A security sign is pictured at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa on May 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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People can be barred from Canada under espionage-related provisions of the immigration law only when their activities have a clear link to Canadian security, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.

The finding came in a pair of decisions involving men from Ethiopia who were deemed inadmissible to Canada for being members of an organization that had engaged in spying.