Reply #21: It sounds [View All]

[iverglas]

like there's a lot of confusion in all quarters, and policies being made and applied pretty ad hoc. Canadians were saying on the news this morning that they just weren't getting any info at all -- after milling around all day, they got sent home, while someone from the embassy there pretty much just stared at them when they asked questions. I don't think there's any country that can claim to be doing an outstanding job here, or likely even the best it could do.

In cases like your example, wouldn't it make sense for the country from which they came, in which they were residing, to take 'em back?? If a Canadian-American couple were living in Canada, let Canada take them. And mutatis mutandis for the reverse situation. You'd think it might balance out anyhow. ;)

There probably is a bit of a real problem with non-citizen permanent residents of third countries who are Lebanese citizens. The third country -- Canada, US, where they may have resided for a long time (and have family, that being the touchy political aspect) -- really has no obligation to them, and does have an obligation to its citizens whom it has to put first. But to separate spouses, and parents and babies, yikes.