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Categories of Persons under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (18:IV) (view source)
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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. | ||
Foreign nationals who enter “irregularly” in a group (2 or more persons), or whose identities cannot be determined in a timely manner, may be designated by the Minister as “designated foreign nationals.” Designated foreign nationals are subject to mandatory detention, do not have a right of appeal to the RAD, and must wait at least 5 years before applying for permanent residence in Canada, even if their claim is accepted. Details of the Convention refugee process are outlined in [[Immigration and Refugee Board (18:VII)#F. Convention Refugees | Section VII.F: Convention Refugees]]. | Foreign nationals who enter “irregularly” in a group (2 or more persons), or whose identities cannot be determined in a timely manner, may be designated by the Minister as '''“designated foreign nationals.”''' Designated foreign nationals are subject to mandatory detention, do not have a right of appeal to the RAD, and must wait at least 5 years before applying for permanent residence in Canada, even if their claim is accepted. | ||
Details of the Convention refugee process are outlined in [[Immigration and Refugee Board (18:VII)#F. Convention Refugees | Section VII.F: Convention Refugees]]. | |||