During the 1950s, an anti-communist political climate turned public opinion away from the atrocities of the World War II and allegedly resulted in an immigration policy which was more permissive to former Nazis.
These included individuals wanted in connection with war crimes in Bosnia, some of the perpetrators of genocide in Rwanda, members of the Colombian secret police and from Sri Lanka.
Bernie Farber commented on the rescheduling of Kalejs' deportation hearing: "Granting him this delay without incarcerating him is tantamount to letting him escape.
[citation needed] However, in select cases where a suspected war criminal lacked a supporting community, the likelihood of prosecution under the 2000 statute increased.
[citation needed] Manuel De La Torre Herrera, a former Peruvian police officer who stayed in Canada for two years, was apprehended and deported.
[1] A 2012 center publication claimed that approximately 2,000 Nazi war criminals obtained Canadian citizenship by providing false information.