Refugees & Humanitarian

Refugees & Humanitarian

Canada, a country that defends the rights to life, freedom, safety, and security, has supported refugee and humanitarian situations ever since it ratified the Geneva Convention's Status of Refugees in 1951.

Claiming Asylum in Canada

Anyone who shows up at a Canadian port of entry, an inland CBSA office, or Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) may submit an asylum application. The CBSA or IRCC agent will then decide whether this person can request asylum. Applicants for asylum must pass biometric, biographic, security, and criminality screenings in addition to giving convincing evidence of persecution in their home country before being granted refugee status in Canada.

Refugee Sponsorship

Sponsoring refugees and assisting them in settling into their new life in Canada are two things that Canadians, their communities, and organisations do in a variety of ways. As refugees settle in and get accustomed to life in Canada, these sponsorship programmes assist them in finding housing, offer them financial, social, and emotional assistance, and contribute food and clothing.
A private sponsorship scheme called "Groups of Five" allows five or more Canadian citizens or permanent residents to support the resettlement of one or more refugees in their area. Only candidates who already have refugee status in Canada may be sponsored by these sponsors, who must be older than 18 years old.The Blended Visa Office-Referred Scheme is a semi-private sponsorship programme in which private sponsors work in conjunction with the Government of Canada to sponsor a refugee as designated by the UNHCR.
As a Sponsorship Agreement Holder, Community Support, or through the Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program, which brings together organisations and the Government of Canada to sponsor refugees with exceptional needs, corporations and organisations can also assist in sponsoring refugees.

Appealing a Decision

You will have to leave Canada and go back to your native country if your application for asylum is unfortunate enough to be rejected. The Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada will accept applications to review denials within 15 days after receiving the written denial from the Refugee Protection Division. You will have a total of 30 days from the date you get the written denial to file and submit an appellant's record. Unless an oral hearing is required, the RAD will decide on your appeal within 90 days.