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- Claim refugee protection from inside Canada. Apply from in Canada as a refugee if you fear persecution, or if you are in danger if you return to your home country.
- Appeal a refugee claim. Appeal process for refugees inside Canada and the role of the Refugee Appeal Division.
- Find services for refugees in Canada. Access health care, get help to adjust to Canada, financial help and refugee rights.
- For asylum seekers: What you need to know. What asylum is for and how the process works.
Refugees and asylum. Apply for refugee status from within Canada, find out how to come to Canada as a refugee, sponsor a refugee, find refugee services in Canada, and learn about how the system works.
- What is asylum? Asylum is a form of protection available to anyone at risk of serious harm in their home country who must leave in search of safety in another country.
- What is the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker? There is often confusion around the terms ‘asylum seeker’ and ‘refugee’. A refugee is defined as someone who has been forced to flee persecution, war or violence and has crossed an international border to find safety in another country.
- Who are asylum seekers and why are they seeking asylum? More than two-thirds of all refugees and Venezuelans displaced abroad originate from just five countries: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar.
- What is the right to seek asylum? Everyone has the right to seek asylum—no matter who they are, where they come from, or when they choose to flee. The right to seek asylum, along with other rights of refugees, is outlined in the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol which has protected the rights of asylum seekers and refugees since the end of WWII.
How to make a refugee claim. You must be in Canada to make your refugee claim. You can make your claim in 1 of 2 ways: in person (when you arrive in Canada at a port of entry) online (when you’re already in Canada) The information you share in your claim will help us understand. your background. your family.
Jul 26, 2023 · Canada processed almost 60,000 applications from asylum seekers looking to take refuge here so far this year — the highest count in almost a decade. Experts say it's underscored by one main ...
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Jul 20, 2023 · Officially, an asylum seeker — also called an asylum claimant or refugee claimant — is anyone who was forced out of one country and came to Canada asking for safe haven because of their dire...
If you are fleeing your country because you fear persecution, you can apply for asylum in Canada. If you are granted asylum, this gives you refugee status and the right to stay. To apply for asylum, you must be physically present in Canada or be seeking entry into the country at a port of entry.
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