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{{Legal Help Guide TOC}} You can make a claim for refugee status at a Canadian border or airport, or from within Canada. To be found to be a refugee, you must meet the definition of either a "Convention refugee" or a "person in need of protection". | {{Legal Help Guide TOC}}You can make a claim for refugee status at a Canadian border or airport, or from within Canada. To be found to be a refugee, you must meet the definition of either a "Convention refugee" or a "person in need of protection". | ||
'''Convention refugees''' are people outside their country of nationality or residence who are unable or unwilling to return to that country because of a "well-founded fear of persecution". This means they have a good reason to believe they are in danger and that the authorities in their country will not or cannot protect them. They may fear that they will be harmed because of their race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group (such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation). | '''Convention refugees''' are people outside their country of nationality or residence who are unable or unwilling to return to that country because of a "well-founded fear of persecution". This means they have a good reason to believe they are in danger and that the authorities in their country will not or cannot protect them. They may fear that they will be harmed because of their race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group (such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation). | ||
