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Palestinian man who donated a kidney in 2023 may be ineligible for refugee claim
Ottawa says the new rule could block claims filed more than a year after first entry, and about 30,000 claimants may get warning letters.
- Mohammed Al Hindi, a Palestinian refugee claimant in London, Ont., faces potential ineligibility under Bill C-12 after receiving a procedural fairness letter on April 2, 2026 from Citizenship Canada.
- Bill C-12 retroactively bars refugee claims filed more than one year after an applicant's first entry to Canada for entries on or after June 24, 2020; Al Hindi first entered August 9, 2023.
- Immigration officials estimate approximately 30,000 claimants will receive similar procedural fairness letters, though an IRCC spokesperson stressed these are not deportation orders as the department manages a backlog exceeding 300,000 refugee claims.
- The goal of Bill C-12 was "to reduce newcomers to Canada" and discourage asylum seekers, according to The Canadian Press, signaling the country is no longer the safe haven claimants might expect.
- Al Hindi fled the Gaza Strip with his family after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, paying US$17,500 to escape the war zone, having initially entered Canada only to donate a kidney to his sister.
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Palestinian man who donated a kidney in 2023 may be ineligible for refugee claim
A refugee claimant visited Canada in 2023 to donate a kidney to his sister. His application is now at risk because of Ottawa's new border law.
·Toronto, Canada
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