Canadian Council for Refugees and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
Media Release
For immediate release
14 May 2014
Supreme Court Harkat decision maintains fundamentally unfair process for non-citizens
Media Release
For immediate release
7 May 2014
New CCR report shows established refugees now face loss of status in Canada
The Canadian Council for Refugees today released its report “Cessation: stripping refugees of their status in Canada”. The report provides case examples and shows that, following recent changes to the law, refugees now live in fear of loss of status and removal from Canada, in a process that is arbitrary, draconian and absurd.
Media Release
For immediate release
30 April 2014
Court rules that helping refugees is a criminal offence in Canada
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is deeply disappointed at the decision of the BC Court of Appeal in Appulonappa, which concludes that Parliament intended to make it a criminal offence to help refugees, on a humanitarian basis, and that the Charter allows it.
Media Release
For immediate release
6 February 2014
Citizenship bill makes Canada less welcoming towards newcomers
Media Release
5 December 2013
The Canadian Council for Refugees welcomed today the Privacy Commissioner’s finding that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wrongly applied the label of ‘war criminal’ to a significant number of people.
Canadian Council for Refugees