Refugee Claims Followed Montreal AIDS Summit Marred by Visa Woes, Planning Issues

Refugee Claims Followed Montreal AIDS Summit Marred by Visa Woes, Planning Issues
Adeeba Kamarulzaman, president of the International Aids Society addresses the opening ceremony of the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal on July 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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Almost one-sixth of guests at a major AIDS conference in Montreal last year who received Canadian visas ended up claiming asylum, according to internal data obtained by The Canadian Press.
The documents also show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada struggled to work with the International AIDS Society as both tried to avoid a mass refusal of visas.