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Person in need of protection — "a person in Canada who would be subjected personally to a danger of torture, a risk to their life, or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment if they were returned to their home country." [16] s. 97. Removal order — an official order for a person to leave Canada. There are 3 types of removal orders:
Before 1910, immigrants to Canada were referred to as landed immigrant (French: immigrant reçu) for a person who has been admitted to Canada as a non-Canadian citizen.The Immigration Act 1910 introduced the term of "permanent residence," and in 2002 the terminology was officially changed in with the passage of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
Protected persons is a legal term under international humanitarian law and refers to persons who are under specific protection of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, their 1977 Additional Protocols, and customary international humanitarian law during an armed conflict.
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, [1] while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
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Royal Family (when in Canada) Canadian Governor General; Prime Minister. [5] Members of Parliament and Senators; Foreign diplomats in Canada, Supreme, Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal justices; Other persons designated by Minister of Public Safety as protected persons.
Since the 1960s, Canada has placed emphasis on equality and inclusiveness for all people. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In present-day Canada the idea of a " just society " are constitutionally protected. [ 6 ] The "Canadian Charter" guarantees fundamental freedoms such as; free expression, religion, association and peaceful assembly rights and the right to life ...