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{{Legal Help Guide TOC}}You can make a refugee claim at a Canadian border or | {{Legal Help Guide TOC}}You can make a refugee claim at a Canadian border or airport, or from within Canada. | ||
airport, or from within Canada. | |||
To 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, | * race, | ||
* religion, | * religion, |