COVID-19 Resources
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Public documents
General
Order in Council - travel ban (affecting air travel other than from the US - revised version 26 March with additional exemptions) (original 18 March Order in Council - travel ban)
Order in Council - US border (revised version, 20 April) (Original Order in Council - US border)
IRCC
News release, Exemptions to travel restrictions (air travel), 20 March
COVID-19 Program delivery instructions
Temporary Emergency Measures for Refugee Claims (notice re. inland claims - updated 20 March)
Guidance from IRCC for Private Sponsors Regarding COVID-19
IRB
Practice notice – Special measures due to covid-19 (7 April)
Advisory Notice – COVID-19 (March 20)
Notice of measures related to COVID-19 (March 18)
RPD: Practice notice on the temporary extension of time limits for filing the basis of claim form
RAD: Practice notice on the temporary extension for time limits for filing a notice of appeal and perfecting an appeal
Federal Court
Practice Direction and Order (COVID-19) (March 17)
Message in response to COVID-19 (March 13)
UNHCR
Information about making a refugee claim in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
Key Legal Considerations on access to territory for persons in need of international protection in the context of the COVID-19 response
Other sources
RSTP, COVID-19 Updates (for private sponsors of refugees)
ALPA, Access to financial benefits during COVID-19
The United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW Canada), Federal government’s COVID-19 response: Income supports for affected workers
AMSSA has created a website specific to supporting Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) and are gathering and posting resources on how TFWs can be supported during this time.