The Star » Refugee board defends adjudicators:
“The findings have already cast doubt on IRB member David McBean’s ability to judge fairly; McBean rejected all his asylum cases since his 2007 appointment — 62 in 2010, 72 in 2009 and 35 in 2008.
On Friday, lawyer Max Berger asked McBean to recuse himself from the board at a hearing for one of Berger’s clients — a request McBean declined. “I felt that given that he has accepted zero refugee claims over a three-year period, which (McBean) conceded was accurate, my client didn’t have a reasonable chance to have his claim accepted,” said Berger.”
That’s 169 — the number of refugees who sought asylum under McBean, and the number of people he rejected.
