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Some 60,000 come to Canada each year under the International Experience Canada initiative, which provides Working Holiday, internship, and study visas. [37] Protected person or Refugee: persons who are escaping persecution, torture, and/or cruel and unusual punishment. Any migrant can claim to be a refugee and it will be investigated.
Once presenting itself as one of the world's most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is ...
Canada took a strict view on immigration in the early 1970s. At this time the only way for a foreigner already inside Canada to become a permanent resident was through a claim to convention refugee status, and high numbers of claims led the Department of Employment and Immigration to believe that most were taking advantage of the system to stay and work in Canada.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has two approved English language tests: CELPIP-General and IELTS General Training Test: International English Language Testing System. [3] [4] CELPIP-General LS is suitable for people who need proof of listening and speaking proficiency for Canadian citizenship. The CELPIP-General LS Test is ...
Canada (AG) v Ward, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 689 was a landmark refugee law case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada. It was significant for clarifying what constitutes a "well-founded fear of persecution" when making a claim for Convention refugee status.
English: This is a PDF version of the wikibook Canadian Refugee Procedure as produced by MediaWiki2LaTeX on May 1, 2021 This file was created with MediaWiki to LaTeX . The LaTeX source code is attached to the PDF file (see imprint).
When Trump first came to power in 2017, thousands of asylum-seekers crossed into Canada between formal border crossings to file refugee claims – overwhelmingly at Roxham Road, near the Quebec ...
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (or IRB; French: La Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada, CISR), established in 1989 by an Act of Parliament, is an independent administrative tribunal that is responsible for making decisions on immigration and refugee matters.