Via Kathy, The Toronto Star has an article on people gaming the refugee / immigration process in Canada:

Karan Arora is offering immigration advice, and the young Punjabi woman across his desk seems nervous. Her visitor's visa is about to run out, and she wants to stay. Arora, who works for a Mississauga company run by a registered immigration consultant, has a solution.

"Why are you worried?" he asks in Hindi. "Monaji, you don't have any other option. If you claim refugee status, then at least you can breathe a sigh of relief. Then your other option is to go back. Once you claim refugee status, then if you find a guy, you can marry him and apply for a spousal case."

"What will my refugee story be?" she asks.

"We'll do that," he says. "We'll do it all. Some truth, some lies, we'll mix everything. It will have to be done."

Here's a few minor suggestions: claimants for refugee status in Canada should have to make the claim within 48 hours of arriving in Canada (barring things such as major political changes within their home countries). This should be printed clearly on immigration documents, etc.. Failed refugee claimants should always be deported directly from the place they had their last hearing. 

People arriving in Canada via another Western country and making refugee claims should be deported to that country to make their claim there: they're supposed to be claiming refuge, not venue shopping.