IRB

• An ‘impossible’ choice: Leave 5-year-old son in foster care or risk being tortured

  Canada is threatening to deport the mother, brother and sister of a five-year-old boy granted refugee protection because of a decades-old policy.

  Investigations

  Aug 10, 2021
  
• Refugee claimant from Gaza ‘horrified’ when asked why Hamas wouldn’t protect her

  An IRB adjudicator asked a female refugee claimant why she didn’t ask Hamas for protection after she alleged she was tortured by Hamas.

  Investigations

  Jun 14, 2021
  
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• 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
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• 11th-hour push stops deportation of Cameroon man hoping for asylum in Canada

  Kenneth was pulled from the plane that was to deport him to Cameroon, but his future remains uncertain.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2020
• How Liberian war crimes suspect Bill Horrace lived in Canada for 18 years — until his murder

  Bill Horrace's neighbours didn’t know about his past in Liberia. But Canadian war crimes officials knew.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2020
• Courts should decide if Canada’s refugee board in contempt: Law society

  The request comes in the case of Toronto immigration lawyer, Richard Odeleye, accused by three former clients of sexual harassment.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
• Supreme Court decision ‘opens the door’ to further challenges of immigration detention: expert

  Legal experts say the Supreme Court decision is a major victory for immigration detainees in Canada. Here's why.

  Canada

  May 10, 2019
• Canada launches new fast-track system for processing refugee claims

  Canada is launching a new fast-track approach for processing many of its 64,000 pending refugee claims.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2019
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• Ontario teens fled their allegedly abusive father in Hungary. Now they could be deported back

  An Ontario family fled Hungary after years of alleged physical and sexual abuse. Now they could be deported to the place they suffered years of abuse.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2019
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• EXCLUSIVE: Family set to be deported Christmas Eve will be allowed to stay in Canada

  A Colombian family in Canada for more than six years will not be deported on Christmas Eve after Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen intervened in their case.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2018