The author of this study has worked independently and the opinions expressed are therefore their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. [...] Since the government estimates each failed asylum seeker costs $50,000 we The growing number of can calculate that in 2008 the taxpayers refugees and the growing faced a bill of approximately $1.11-billion costs to Canada just to deal with the number of refused cases in the 2008 flow. [...] We played an important role in circumstances in those countries as the the formation of the UNHCR and in the reason for the decision (BBC, 2010). [...] The report was referred to the The Ratushny report was effectively Standing Committee of the House of shelved. [...] The decision also that a transcript review and a refusal by made it clear that Section 7 of the Charter the minister prescribed in the 1976 Act guarantees to everyone, not just Canadian were in violation of the Canadian Charter citizens, “the right to life, liberty and of Rights and Freedoms.