...that all refugees and immigrants contribute to society and that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society, which governments have an obligation to protect, under international human rights law.
Canadian Council for Refugees
Media Release
For immediate release
9 December 2014
Call for Express Entry Family Reunification
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) called today for an Express Entry program for family reunification to ensure that children are reunited with their parents in six months or less.
Send your Member of Parliament calling a holiday greeting card asking for express entry family reunification. Print up the attached card* and mail or deliver it to your MP.
To find your Member of Parliament’s mailing address: http://bit.ly/findyourMP
*printing instructions: can be printed double-sided on 8.5 x 11'' card stock and cut and folded in half. If you are using your own printer: select the 'binding location' as 'top (short) edge' and not the 'long (left) edge'. Final card dimensions: 7 x 5''.
It’s time for Canada to launch an express entry program for family reunification and to commit to reuniting children with their parents in six months or less.
Canada’s immigration processing for family reunification cases is extraordinarily slow. Many children wait over two years before being able to reunite with their parent in Canada. For family members of refugees, overseas processing takes 31 months.*
All families have equal value.
We're calling for:
Reuniting families is a key objective of Canada’s immigration program, but too often families are kept apart. Focus on refugee and immigrant families is a one page document highlighting what Canada must do to renew its focus on families on critical issues including:
Reuniting families is a key objective of Canada’s immigration program, but too often families are kept apart.
A one-page, illustrated overview of recent changes affecting refugees and refugee claimants in Canada. The ideal tool for your next public presentation.
Canadian Council for Refugees
Media Release
For immediate release
2 July 2013
CCR urges government to drop plans to break up families
The Canadian Council for Refugees today called on the government to abandon proposed changes to the immigration regulations that would undermine families. Background documents reveal that the government’s purely economic rationale for breaking up families is very weak.