Categories of Persons under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (18:IV): Difference between revisions
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A Convention refugee claimant is a foreign national who enters Canada and who requests protection but who has not yet had their refugee hearing. Canada is obligated to grant protection to refugees and other persons in need of protection under the IRPA; the obligation originates from various United Nation Conventions and Treaties. | A Convention refugee claimant is a foreign national who enters Canada and who requests protection but who has not yet had their refugee hearing. Canada is obligated to grant protection to refugees and other persons in need of protection under the IRPA; the obligation originates from various United Nation Conventions and Treaties. | ||
Details of the Convention refugee process are outlined in [[ | Details of the Convention refugee process are outlined in [[Permanent Residence Application Process (18:V)#F. Convention Refugees | Section V.F: Convention Refugees]]. | ||