US EditionCanada Enacts Bill C-12 Overhauling Immigration and Asylum System
Bill C-12 introduces stricter refugee claim rules and new cabinet powers while expanding data sharing to address crime and system backlogs, officials said.
- Canada's Bill C-12 received royal assent on Thursday, introducing sweeping reforms to the immigration and asylum system, including stricter eligibility rules and expanded government powers.
- Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Lena Diab stated the legislation aims to "reduce pressure on the asylum system" and combat fraud while bolstering Canada's border security.
- New rules bar asylum seekers in Canada for over one year from full Immigration and Refugee Board hearings, limiting them instead to a pre-removal risk assessment rights groups call "wholly inadequate."
- Amnesty International Canada and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association condemned the law as a "significant attack" on migrant rights, while the United Nations Human Rights Committee warned the bill may weaken refugee protection.
- The Canadian Bar Association warned the act could increase litigation and strain the Federal Court, while the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group remains committed to challenging the government's direction on asylum rights.
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Canada's Bill C-12 recently received royal assent, making it a law. Under the bill, people living in the country for over a year will now find it difficult to get an asylum hearing. The decision has been criticised by human rights groups, calling it an attack on refugee rights in the country.
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Almost a year ago, Canadian voters elected a government that promised a fundamental shift toward pragmatism. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mandate was clear: achieve sustainable immigration levels and ensure that “government itself must become much more productive … by focusing on results over spending.” But as the House of Commons prepares to review the Senate’s amendments to Bill C-12 — the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders …
Canadian bill condemned by refugee and migrant rights group passes into law
Canadian Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, received royal assent on Thursday. Following its passing, 28 domestic and international refugee and migrant rights groups released a joint statement denounced the bill as an attack on refugee and migrant rights. Bill C-12 is a modified version of Bill C-2, which itself was the first bill introduced by the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney following his elec…
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