Refugees

We employ the services of an immigration lawyer who has great experience in handling the very demanding and challenging issues associated with refugee claims.

Canada is renowned for its great humanitarian tradition and for honoring its international obligations toward people at risk. For decades, this country has offered shelter to thousands of people each year who have a genuine fear of persecution, cruel and unusual treatment or punishment, torture, or danger to their lives in their own country.

Refugee claims are accepted for evaluation from inside or outside Canada. Claims may be sponsored by groups or by individuals.

If successful, a claimant for refugee status may be offered a new and secure life in Canada as a permanent resident and, subsequently, as a citizen.

As worldwide the need for refugee resettlement increases, Canada receives far more claims for refugee status than it can possibly accommodate. In consequence, despite its very liberal attitude towards the issue of refugees, the country is obliged to exercise great caution in establishing genuine need, economic sustainability and the protection of the Canadian public.

General Requirements

Immigration Officers receive the claim for refugee status.

If the receiving officers decide the claim has merit, they will refer it to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).

Officers may refuse to refer the claim to the IRB if the claimant:

- has been recognized as a Convention refugee by another country to which he or she can return
- has already been granted protected person status in Canada
- arrived via the Canada-United States border
- is not admissible to Canada on security grounds, or because of criminal activity or human rights violations
- made a previous refugee claim that was found to be ineligible for referral to the IRB
- made a previous refugee claim that was rejected by the IRB
- abandoned or withdrew a previous refugee claim.

Subsequently, the IRB decides who is a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.

Learn more about refugees in Canada:

- In Canada, people who have been issued a removal order cannot make a refugee claim.
- Each year many people are denied status in Canada as refugees. Still others, unclear or misinformed about their rights, are given the impression that they are not eligible to claim refugee protection in Canada.

You can learn even more by contacting us by e-mail at info@newimmigrationcanada.com