Canadian Association Of Refugee Lawyers

• Canada facing legal action over COVID-19 policy that pushes asylum-seekers to U.S.

  The lawsuit filed in federal court is the first legal action against this policy since it was instituted in response to COVID-19 in March 2020.

  Canada

  May 4, 2021
  
• Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario mean asylum seekers are on their own, refugee lawyer says

  “I think it’s devastating because when people come to Canada they enter the system. They need representation. It’s almost impossible for people to understand how to prepare and how to represent themselves."

  Politics

  Jun 4, 2019
  
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• Court hears legal challenge to Ottawa’s health-care cuts for refugees

  A federal court judge is questioning whether provincial governments have truly filled in the gap left by cutbacks to health-care coverage for refugee claimants announced 18 months ago.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2014