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Liberals pledged to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before 2016. [8] 2015 Nov Around 69,000 Syrian refugees were resettled to Canada in total as of this date. More than 42,000 non-Syrian refugees came to Canada through private sponsorship during the same period. [3] 2016 Jul UK Government launches its first Community Sponsorship scheme ...
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 ...
Any migrant can claim to be a refugee and it will be investigated. Claims for refugee status and for admissibility as well as appeals of the decisions of the immigration officers are directed to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The IRB is the largest tribunal in Canada and hears over 25,000 claims a year.
The Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement [a] (STCA, French: Entente sur les tiers pays sûrs, ETPS) is a treaty, entered into force on 29 December 2004, between the governments of Canada and the United States to better manage the flow of refugee claimants at the shared land border.
…arbitrarily detain groups of refugees; keep parents, children and spouses apart for years; undermine the fairness of the refugee claim and protection process; introduce the use of biometrics; and authorize the stripping of permanent residence from refugees… Human Rights Watch also criticized the bill, saying that "[s]ubjecting 16- and 17 ...
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.
Refugee health care is the provision of health services to refugees and refugee claimants. As early as 2009, health researchers identified particular medical needs and health vulnerabilities amongst these populations. [ 1 ]
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.