Canada Refugee Claims

• Canadian refugee adjudicators asked ‘offensive’ and ‘insensitive’ questions: report

  Adjudicators breached their code of conduct and deprived refugee claimants of their right to a fair hearing.

  Canada

  May 10, 2021
  
• Canada’s backlog of ‘legacy’ refugee claims soon to be cleared — but a new list is growing

  A backlog of "legacy" refugee claims filed by applicants who have been waiting over seven years to find out if they can remain in Canada will soon be cleared, as Ottawa now turns its attention to an even bigger backlog of fresh asylum claims.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
  
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• Advocates decry changes to law for refugees with claims in other countries

  Refugee advocates are crying foul over proposed Liberal government changes to immigration laws that aim to keep would-be asylum seekers from entering Canada at unofficial border crossings.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2019
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• If refugees have made claims in certain countries, they soon may not be allowed to in Canada

  The Liberal government is bringing in this rule in an effort to stem the tide of asylum seekers.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2019
• Refugee judge accused of ‘incompetence’ in Global News investigation, ‘no longer an employee of the IRB’

  A powerful refugee judge accused of "incompetence" and agressive behaviour in a Global News investigation is "no longer an employee" of the Immigration and Refugee Board. But questions still remain about how and why she left the IRB.

  Investigations

  Mar 8, 2018
• REALITY CHECK: How to become a refugee in Canada

  With border services overwhelmed by asylum claimants, it's worth taking a look at how they become refugees in the first place.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2017
• Refugee claims in Canada spiked in last 2 months. 1/5th crossed the border illegally.

  Almost half of Canadians want people who entered illegally to be deported.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2017