'Unwanted Wherever You Go': New Canadian Asylum Law Leaves some Migrants in Limbo
The law has sent about 30,000 claimants letters saying they may be ineligible for hearings and could face removal, officials said.
- On March 26, Canada adopted Bill C-12, rendering thousands of migrants who crossed irregularly from the United States after June 24, 2020, ineligible to make asylum claims.
- A 26-year-old Haitian mother who crossed into Quebec with her daughter in January now faces uncertainty, describing feeling 'unwanted' in Canada as the new legislation complicates her plans for a fresh start.
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has sent an estimated 30,000 letters informing claimants they may be ineligible for a hearing, while Isabelle Dubois stated the changes ease pressure on the asylum system and maintain compliance with the 1951 Refugee Convention.
- Challenging these orders requires filing evidence within 30 days, Montreal-based immigration lawyer Julia Green warns, noting success rates are roughly half the 80 per cent rate seen at the Refugee Board.
- Gauri Sreenivasan of the Canadian Council for Refugees noted that migrants now lack access to in-person hearings, while Frantz Andr, who founded a Montreal-based advocacy group, now directs asylum seekers to lawyers instead of filing claims himself.
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